Career
Khare, an 18-year-old graduate of Lynbrook High School in California was the runner up at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Phoenix on 17 May 2013 where 1,600 other finalists from more than 70 countries participated. On 13 June 2013, she was invited to speak on the talk show Conan. Khare"s electrochemical supercapacitor prototype could be fully charged within 20 to 30 seconds, and would hold charge longer than other similar devices.
The technology could potentially be scalable to power cell phones or cars.
Afterwards, she got the attention of Google and other technological giants. Specifically, under the supervision of Doctor Yat Li at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, she designed, synthesized, and characterized a novel core-shell nanorod electrode with hydrogenated TiO2 (H-TiO2) core and polyaniline shell, fabricated into a flexible solid-state device.
Her tests showed 238.5 Farads per gram, 20.1 Watt-hours per kilogram, 20540 Watts per kilogram, and only 32.5% capacitance loss over 10,000 charging cycles.
