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Scientists predict state of matter to conduct both electricity and energy perfectly
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
The breakthrough, published Feb. 18 in Physical Review B, suggests a framework for an entirely new type of matter, which could have very useful technological ap...
KIST develops high-capacity EV battery materials that double driving range
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
The batteries currently installed in mass-produced electric vehicles use graphite anode materials, but their low capacity contributes to electric vehicles' havi...
EU wants battery autonomy, but first it needs graphite
Feb 23, 2020 (AFP)
So France's Carbone Savoie and Germany's SGL Carbon, the only European firms deemed capable of taking up the challenge, have been corralled into an ambitious ba...
Ultrasound device boosts charge, run times in lithium metal batteries
Feb 18, 2020 (UPI)
The technology, developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego, improves the charge and run times of the batteries. Lithium metal batteries, L...
Iodide salts stabilize biocatalysts for fuel cells
Feb 17, 2020 (SPX)
The addition of iodide salts to the electrolyte can prevent this from happening and considerably extend the life of the catalysts. The team around Professor Nic...
Something from nothing: Using waste heat to power electronics
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
Although thermocells are inexpensive and efficient, so far only low output voltages - just tens of millivolts (mV) - have been achieved and these voltages also ...
Niobium-based connector allows passage of data and electricity underwater for a variety of applications
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
NiobiConTM is a new way of making electrical connections underwater that enables power transfer and data exchange without using seals, oil or moving parts. This...
Movement of a liquid droplet generates over 5 volts of electricity
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers at Nagoya University and Kyushu University focused on energy from the tiny movement of liquid and developed a device that generates over 5 volts of ...
Smoke, soot and sweat: Egypt's charcoal workers
Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)
Covered in soot and sweat, their faces blackened, they labour in a village near Cairo over burning mounds of charcoal, without gloves, facemasks or health insur...
Quantum technologies: New insights into superconducting processes
Feb 11, 2020 (SPX)
The reason: Quantum effects, which originate from the world of the smallest particles and structures, enable many new technological applications. So-called supe...
Researchers virtually 'unwind' lithium battery for the first time
Feb 11, 2020 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Communications researchers combined X-ray and neutron tomography to track the processes deep within a lithium battery during disc...
New droplet-based electricity generator: A drop of water generates 140V power, lighting up 100 LED bulbs
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
The research was led together by Professor Wang Zuankai from CityU's Department of Mechanical Engineering, Professor Zeng Xiao Cheng from University of Nebraska...
Static electricity as strong as lightening can be saved in a battery
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
This can be found easily in our everyday actions and it is very annoying even between the lovers. In fact, there is no electric current flowing in static electr...
Scientists offer an inkjet printing technology to make compact, flexible battery elements
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
How to achieve a bigger capacity for lithium-ion batteries but simultaneously make them lighter and more compact is a concern of many engineers of hi-tech compa...
Scientists learn more about the first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
This component, known as the solid-electrolyte interphase or SEI, has the crucial job of blocking some particles while allowing others to pass, like a tavern bo...
Making high-temperature superconductivity disappear to understand its origin
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
They must be chemically modified ("doped") with additional atoms that introduce electrons or holes (electron vacancies) into the copper-oxide layers and cooled ...
New quantum switch turns metals into insulators
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Physics, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated an entirely new way to precisely control such electr...
New electrode design may lead to more powerful batteries
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
The new electrode concept comes from the laboratory of Ju Li, the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and professor of materia...
Closely spaced hydrogen atoms could facilitate superconductivity in ambient conditions
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
Such a superconducting material, carrying electricity without any energy loss due to resistance, would revolutionize energy efficiency in a broad range of consu...
Lockheed Martin And Oriden Team On Flow Battery Technology
Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)
The companies are partnering to identify and support long-duration energy storage projects, using Oriden's renewable and energy storage project development expe...
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