Using Silicon May Increase Battery Energy and Strength
The same material you’ll find at the tip of a pencil—graphite—has long been a key component in today’s lithium-ion batteries. As our reliance on these [...]
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Potassium Metal Battery May Rival Li-ion
From cell phones, to solar power, to electric cars, humanity is increasingly dependent on batteries. As demand for safe, efficient, and powerful energy storage continues to [...]
Battery Tech Removes CO2 from Air
Batteries may be a tool in the critical need to remove CO2 from our air. A new system developed at MIT can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to [...]
Geothermal: Key to Always-Charged Batteries?
Although currently used renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy are surpassing analyst expectations, geothermal energy is still considered the poor stepchild [...]
“Solar Cell Flow Battery” Shows High Efficiency
While many utilities and solar farm developers are rushing to connect solar capacity to large batteries, a research team is taking a different approach by making the solar [...]
Will Your Car’s Body be Your Battery?
In the same way that the technology industry is looking at energy harvesting through advanced textiles for people, a research team in Sweden is believes it can store energy [...]
A Pressing Matter: Densified Wood Stronger Than Steel
We often think of wood as a natural resource that may be chopped for kindling or hammered together for construction. However, engineers at the University of Maryland [...]
Fisker Files Battery Patent: 500 Mile Range, 1-Minute Charge
Filing a patent isn’t the same as having a finished product on hand, but if the Fisker car battery patent application is any indiciation, they may find themselves in [...]
An EV for the City: Swappable Batteries Expand Range of Possibilities
The concept: plug a modular battery system into a light car, then network it all to give urban fleets non-stop range and opportunity. Not all EV start-ups start out building [...]
A Glass Act: Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Fast-Charging, Noncombustible Batteries
It’s reassuring to see that that significant technology breakthroughs don’t always come from the young technology whiz crowd. A team of engineers led by [...]
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