News tagged with battery material
Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion
(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Taiwan unveils hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers
Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers, in a development that could boost the island's efforts to become a player in green technologies.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Major breakthrough in lithium battery technology reported
An NSERC-funded lab at the University Of Waterloo has laid the groundwork for a lithium battery that can store and deliver more than three times the power of conventional lithium ion batteries.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 18, 2009 |
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Nanoball Batteries Could Charge Electric Cars in 5 Minutes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have designed a new battery that can recharge devices about 100 times faster than conventional lithium ion batteries. The design could lead to electric car batteries that ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2009 |
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New battery material could lead to rapid recharging of many devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Liquid Battery Offers Promising Solar Energy Storage Technique
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest challenges currently facing large-scale solar energy technology is finding an effective way to store the energy, which is essential for using the electricity at night or ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 06, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (46) |
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Batteries get a (nano)boost
Need to store electricity more efficiently? Put it behind bars. That's essentially the finding of a team of Rice University researchers who have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode material that ...
Feb 09, 2009 |
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'Core-Shell' Silicon Nanowires May Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found a way to incorporate silicon into the structure of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are used to power a wide variety of portable electronic devices, including ...
Jan 20, 2009 |
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