ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Aluminum battery offers safe alternative to conventional batteries

Apr 10, 2015 (SPX)

Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the...

Researchers discover N-type polymer for fast organic battery

Apr 09, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Houston have reported developing an efficient conductive electron-transporting polymer, a long-missing puzzle piece that will a...

Battery energy storage project shows promise for electricity network

Apr 08, 2015 (SPX)

With rising electricity prices one of the biggest issues facing households, Griffith University (Australia) research into energy storage and supply holds the pr...

A common battery test often bounces off target

Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)

Don't throw away those bouncing batteries. Researchers at Princeton University have found that common test of bouncing a household battery is not actually an ef...

Using magnetic fields to understand high-temperature superconductivity

Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)

Taking our understanding of quantum matter to new levels, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are exposing high-temperature superconductors to very hig...

Bacteria can use magnetic particles to create a 'natural battery'

Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)

New research shows bacteria can use tiny magnetic particles to effectively create a 'natural battery.' According to work published in journal Science on 27 Marc...

Squeeze to remove heat with elastocaloric materials

Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)

Move over, vapor compression cooling technology. Emerging "elastocaloric" refrigeration is potentially much more efficient and, unlike vapor compression, relies...

New technology converts packing peanuts to battery components

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have shown how to convert waste packing peanuts into high-performance carbon electrodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that outperform conve...

Superconductivity breakthroughs

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

The Canadian research community on high-temperature superconductivity continues to lead this exciting scientific field with groundbreaking results coming hot on...

You can't play checkers with charge ordering

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

CIFAR fellows were among physicists who observed the shape of a strange phenomenon that interferes with high-temperature superconductivity called charge orderin...

Fusion researchers make breakthrough on ELMs mitigation

Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from General Atomics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made a major breakthrough in understanding ...

New Li-ion battery uses safer more powerful electrode materials

Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)

Mixed Ti-Nb oxide Ti2Nb10O29 (TNO) is one of the negative electrode materials for large scale Li-ion battery with high safety because the potential (= 1.6 V vs....

Materials research could unlock potential of lithium-sulfur batteries

Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)

Drexel researchers, along with colleagues at Aix-Marseille University in France, have discovered a high performance cathode material with great promise for use ...

Imperfect graphene opens door to better fuel cells

Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)

The honeycomb structure of pristine graphene is beautiful, but Northwestern University scientists, together with collaborators from five other institutions, hav...

Researchers increase energy density of lithium storage materials

Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)

The lithium ion battery currently is the most widespread battery technology. It is indispensable for devices, such as laptops, mobile phones or cameras. Current...

Scientists make breakthrough in understanding nuclear fusion

Mar 15, 2015 (UPI)

Scientists from General Atomics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made a breakthrough in understanding nuclear...

ORNL microscopy directly images problematic lithium dendrites in batteries

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have captured the first real-time nanoscale images of lithium dendrite structures known t...

ASU researchers explore longer life cycle for batteries

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Lithium-ion batteries are common in consumer electronics. They are one of the most popular types of rechargeable batteries for portable electronics, with a high...

Japan firm marks one small step for solar energy in space

Mar 13, 2015 (AFP)

A major Japanese machinery company said Friday that it has succeeded in transmitting energy wirelessly, marking a step toward making solar power generation in s...

Chemists develop new way to make cost-effective material for electricity storage

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

University of British Columbia researchers have found a new way to make state-of-the-art materials for energy storage using a cheap lamp from the hardware store...