News tagged with energy storage
Related topics: energy , battery , electrodes , lithium ion battery
Cockroaches offer inspiration for running robots
The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is also a biological and engineering marvel, and is providing researchers at Oregon State University with what they call "bioinspiration" ...
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Switchable Nanostructures Made with DNA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles — this time resulting ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery
Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 18, 2009 |
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How to spur energy storage innovations
Imagine flying all the way from coast to coast, completely guilt-free, in an airplane that doesn’t emit a single particle of greenhouse gas or air pollutants. That could happen someday, perhaps brought to ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'
New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Staying Power: Senate Hearing Focuses On Energy Storage
Thursday's Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing featured testimony from experts about the power industry's need to develop systems capable of storing large amounts of electricity if the nation's ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 10, 2009 |
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At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by UC San Diego engineers could lead to carbon ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?
(PhysOrg.com) -- There's one major drawback to most proposed renewable-energy sources: their variability. The sun doesn't shine at night, the wind doesn’t always blow, and tides, waves and currents fluctuate. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Battery Research Aims To Store Renewable Energy
The biggest chemical battery in the United States is located near Interstate 90 in the small town of Luverne, Minn. The 80 ton device -- the size of two tractor-trailers stacked on top of each other -- stores ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'
New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Improved redox flow batteries for electric cars
A new type of redox flow battery presents a huge advantage for electric cars. If the rechargeable batteries are low, the discharged electrolyte fluid can simply be exchanged at the gas station for recharged ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Unexpected Hydrides Become Stable Metals at Pressure Near One Quarter Required to Metalize Pure Hydrogen Alone
(PhysOrg.com) -- From detailed assessments of electronic structure, researchers at the University at Buffalo, Cornell University, Stony Brook University and Moscow State University discovered that unexpected ...
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability
Panasonic Corp. has developed a 1.5 kWh battery module from 18650-type (18 mm in diameter x 65 mm in length) lithium-ion battery cells, which are widely used in laptop computers, to provide energy storage ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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