A “Solar Sponge” Community Battery Network
Australian electricity distributor CitiPower and the Yarra Energy Foundation (YEF) hope to unlock the potential of community-scale battery storage in the Melbourne city [...]
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Sustainability: Key Driver for Graphene Market
By Dr. Richard Collins, IDTechEx The market for graphene is at a tipping point, with long periods of R&D now starting to translate into significant purchase orders. For a [...]
Sodium battery tech: 19% greater density than Li-ion
Most rechargeable batteries are lithium-ion batteries made from relatively scarce elements including precious metals like cobalt. Worldwide lithium reserves themselves are [...]
Single Crystal Tech for Li-ion Batteries
RICHLAND, Wash.—A promising technology under development by major battery makers has become even more attractive, thanks to researchers who have taken an unprecedented [...]
Li-Ion Approach Boosts Efficiency and Puts Out Fires
Adding polymers and fireproofing to a battery’s current collectors makes it lighter, safer and about 20% more efficient. In an entirely new approach to making lithium-ion [...]
Sodium Battery Work: Li-Ion Performance
Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, used in numerous applications such as cell phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. But they are made from materials, such as cobalt and [...]
A Step Closer to Fast-Charging Batteries
Most of us have probably not thought about cracking the code of “traffic management” inside a lithium ion battery. But a team of researchers at Brookhaven [...]
New Battery Electrolyte May Boost Performance
A cost-effective new electrolyte invented by Stanford University scientists could pave the way for the next generation of battery-powered electric vehicles by reducing weight [...]
‘Zombie’ solar cells could power indoor devices without sunlight
Marina Freitag, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Newcastle University Internet connected devices need power. That either means connecting them to the grid, which [...]
Finding the Better Battery
As demand for renewable electricity surges, so too does demand for efficient, safe and sustainable storage By Bianca Nogrady, freelance science journalist @BiancaNogrady For [...]
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