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X-ray tomography helps reveal how solid state batteries charge, discharge
Jan 28, 2021 (UPI)
The breakthrough observations -- detailed Thursday in the journal Nature Materials -- could help researchers develop more efficient solid state battery material...
KiloVault unveils new 1200 watt-hour deep-cycle batteries
Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)
The smaller capacity and reduced weight of the 1200 HLX and 1200 CHLX make them ideally suited for applications such as marine and RV/camper use, golf carts, me...
Highly efficient grid-scale electricity storage at fifth of cost
Jan 25, 2021 (SPX)
The researchers enhanced three hybrid flow cells using nitrogen doped graphene (exposed to nitrogen plasma) in a binder-free electrophoresis technique (EPD). Wi...
Project BALIS - DLR is developing and testing fuel cells in the megawatt range for air transport
Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)
In doing so, DLR is taking another step towards making hydrogen-powered, emission-free flight possible. Steffen Bilger, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Fed...
Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles
Jan 21, 2021 (SPX)
"We developed a pretty clever battery for mass-market electric vehicles with cost parity with combustion engine vehicles," said Chao-Yang Wang, William E. Diefe...
Could Power Walking fuel an energy revolution
Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)
Cities like Delhi and Mumbai are famously crowded, especially at railway stations, temples and big commercial buildings. This led researchers to wonder whether ...
Russian chemists developed polymer cathodes for ultrafast batteries
Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)
The tests showed that the new cathodes withstand up to 25,000 operating cycles and charge in a matter of seconds, thus outperforming lithium-ion batteries. The ...
Nano-thin piezoelectrics advance self-powered electronics
Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)
The flexible and printable piezoelectric material, which can convert mechanical pressure into electrical energy, has been developed by an Australian research te...
New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
"The world's energy needs are increasing, but the development of next-generation electrochemical energy storage systems with high energy density and long cyclin...
A safer, less expensive and fast charging aqueous battery
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
Zinc-based aqueous batteries avoid the fire hazard by using a water-based electrolyte instead of the conventional chemical solvent. However, uncontrolled dendri...
Transition metal 'cocktail' helps make brand new superconductors
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
It's been over a hundred years since the discovery of superconductivity, where certain materials were found to suddenly show minimal resistance to electrical cu...
Supercapacitors challenge batteries
Jan 05, 2021 (SPX)
Usually, energy storage is associated with batteries and accumulators that provide energy for electronic devices. However, in laptops, cameras, cellphones or ve...
First glimpse of polarons forming in a promising next-gen energy material
Jan 05, 2021 (SPX)
Now scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have used the lab's X-ray laser to watch and directly ...
Bionic idea boosts lithium-ion extraction
Jan 01, 2021 (SPX)
Ion selective membranes have already been used extensively for water treatment and ion sieving in electrodialysis technology. However, conventional membranes ex...
Novel public-private partnership facilitates development of fusion energy
Jan 01, 2021 (SPX)
In one such project PPPL is working in coordination with MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) and Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a start-up spun out of M...
Indonesia in $9.8 bln electric vehicle battery deal with Korea's LG
Jan 01, 2021 (AFP)
The agreement was signed in mid-December, with investments planned in production and supply chains for lithium batteries, which rely on nickel. Mineral-rich Ind...
Waste to treasure: Crayfish shells to store energy
Dec 23, 2020 (SPX)
Compared with other high-performance materials, biomass has long been regarded as a promising one for its environmental-friendliness and extensive resources. Ho...
Brazilian researcher experiments with electron-plasma interactions
Dec 22, 2020 (SPX)
The paper, entitled "Wave-particle interactions in a long traveling wave tube with upgraded helix", is signed by Sousa, Ibere Caldas, her supervisor at IF-USP, ...
Engineers go microbial to store energy, sequester CO2
Dec 16, 2020 (SPX)
The key: Let bioengineered microbes do all the work. Buz Barstow, assistant professor of biological and environmental engineering at Cornell University, and doc...
New hard-carbon anode material for sodium-ion batteries will solve the lithium conundrum
Dec 15, 2020 (SPX)
They are also key enablers of various medical devices and facilitate research in various fields as the energy source of electronic sensors and cameras. So, it s...
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