Eesha Khare: Flexible supercapacitor electrode
Flexible supercapacitor electrode.
Working in a UC Santa Cruz lab, Khare, from an Indian-American family in California, grew hydrogen-treated titanium-dioxide nanorods coated in a conductive polymer to build a supercapacitor electrode that charges in seconds and survives some 10,000 cycles. It won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award at ISEF 2013. Media turned it into "a phone that charges in 20 seconds"; the device powered an LED. Report the ISEF project, not the headline.
IP note
No patent record; third-party infringement threat based on a pending application (2013).
Recognition
Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award 2013.
What this means for a student inventor in India
[Editor: 120–200 words connecting this story to the Indian route — Section 6 (any true inventor may apply), provisional vs complete specification, disclosure at fairs (Section 31), renewals, and who owns what when a school is involved. Link to the relevant MYCrave guide.]
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Sources
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