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Nonflammable electrolyte for high-performance potassium batteries
Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)
In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists write that the novel electrolyte based on an organic phosphate makes the batteries safer and also allows for operat...
MTU engineers examine lithium battery defects
Jan 27, 2020 (SPX)
Solid-state lithium batteries are the Holy Grail of energy storage. With potential impacts on everything from personal mobile devices to industrial renewable en...
A new stretchable battery can power wearable electronics
Jan 27, 2020 (SPX)
But the adoption of wearable electronics has so far been limited by their need to derive power from bulky, rigid batteries that reduce comfort and may present s...
Nuclear waste turned into 'near-infinite powerful' batteries to potentially boost spacecraft might
Jan 26, 2020 (SPX)
University of Bristol researchers have developed and tested next-generation diamond batteries that exploit energy from radioactive materials, thereby sharpening...
Will the future's super batteries be made of seawater?
Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)
Unfortunately, lithium is a limited resource, so it will be a challenge to satisfy the worlds' growing demand for relatively cheap batteries. Therefore, researc...
Less may be more in next-gen batteries
Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)
A slim layer of the metal oxide applied to common cathodes by engineers at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering revealed new phenomena that could lead ...
Some batteries can be pushed too far
Jan 15, 2020 (SPX)
New simulations by Rice materials scientist Ming Tang and graduate student Kaiqi Yang, detailed in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, shows too much stress i...
A breath of fresh air for longer-running batteries
Jan 10, 2020 (SPX)
"The driving distance of electric cars running on lithium-ion batteries is about 300 kilometers," says chemist Sangaraju Shanmugam of Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk In...
A new method to study lithium dendrites could lead to better, safer batteries
Jan 10, 2020 (SPX)
"It is difficult to detect the nucleation of such a whisker and observe its growth because it is tiny," said Sulin Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering, P...
Power dressing
Jan 08, 2020 (SPX)
Sensors worn on the skin or as implants are an increasingly popular way to gather biological data for personal and medical purposes. They can monitor valuable m...
Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion
Jan 08, 2020 (SPX)
Current nuclear power uses the fission of heavy isotopes, such as uranium, into lighter elements to produce power. Yet, this fission power has major concerns, s...
Monash develops world's most efficient lithium-sulfur battery
Jan 07, 2020 (SPX)
Monash University researchers are on the brink of commercialising the world's most efficient lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery, which could outperform current mark...
Powder, not gas: A safer, more effective way to create a star on Earth
Dec 30, 2019 (SPX)
Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found that sprinkling a type of powder into the plasma ...
First Long Duration, Liquid Air Energy Storage System in the United States
Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)
The project is the first of many utility-scale, liquid air energy storage projects that Highview Power plans to develop across the United States to help scale u...
NYSERDA announces battery storage project for town of Ulster, replacing previously planned fossil fuel plant
Dec 16, 2019 (SPX)
Alicia Barton, President and CEO, NYSERDA said, "Advancing energy storage installations across the state enables more renewables to be integrated into our elect...
Lockheed Martin announces Teaming Agreement with TC Energy on innovative flow battery technology
Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)
"We are thrilled to be partnering with TC Energy to bring long-duration energy storage to TC Energy projects in North America," said Dan Norton, vice president ...
How light a foldable and long-lasting battery can be?
Dec 12, 2019 (SPX)
However, there is no manufacturing of a battery that produces a battery with thousands milliamp Hour (mAh) capacity to be foldable. Recently, a research team fr...
BMW strikes five-year lithium deal for electric car batteries
Dec 11, 2019 (AFP)
The 540-million-euro ($599 million) contract with China's Ganfeng Lithium will provide "100 percent of (BMW's) lithium hydroxide needs" from 2020-24, Andreas We...
Detours may make batteries better
Dec 10, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering have discovered that placing specific defects in the crystalline lattice of lithium iron phosphate-b...
Proton-hydrogen collision model could impact fusion research
Dec 10, 2019 (SPX)
In new research published in EPJ D, Anthony Leung and Tom Kirchner at York University in Canada used new techniques to calculate the cross sections of atoms whi...
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