Home/Basic Physics/Basic electricity/Energy stored in a capacitor16. Basic electricityEnergy stored in a capacitorIn 16. Basic electricityFormulaCopy LaTeXUC=12CV2=Q22C=12QVU_C=\frac12CV^2 =\frac{Q^2}{2C} =\frac12QVUC=21CV2=2CQ2=21QVTagselectricityelectricity basicenergyphysicsphysics formulaDetailThe energy stored in a capacitor is (1/2)CV².Explore the ideaExplore the ideaFound an error? Contact us.Related formulasRelatedCapacitance — basic conceptC=QVC=\frac{Q}{V}C=VQOpen formulaOpen in sectionRelatedParallel-plate capacitorC=ε0AdC=\varepsilon_0\frac{A}{d}C=ε0dAOpen formulaOpen in sectionRelatedMechanical energyEmec=K+UE_{\text{mec}}=K+UEmec=K+UOpen formulaOpen in section