4 ms·Question: why is this called a supercapacitor, rather than just a standard one?by woodandsteel 6y agoQuestion: why is this called a supercapacitor, rather than just a standard one?elihu 6y agoI assume because the article gets more clicks that way, but if there's a deeper explanation I'd be happy to be corrected.projektfu 6y agoThey have about 4-8 orders of magnitude more capacitance per unit area than film or typical electrolytic capacitors.