Lithium-oxygen systems could someday outperform today's lithium-ion batteries because of their potential for high energy density. However, a number of important issues, such as their poor electrochemical stability must be ...
Materials Science
May 24, 2017
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A team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has for the first time fabricated a nanomaterial made from nanoparticles of a titanium oxide compound (Ti4O7) that is characterized by an extremely large surface area, and tested ...
Materials Science
May 17, 2017
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The process that makes gold-plated jewelry or chrome car accents is now making powerful lithium-ion batteries.
Materials Science
May 12, 2017
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FDK Corporation and Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that they have jointly developed lithium cobalt pyrophosphate (Li2CoP2O7), which has high energy density, for the cathode material of all-solid lithium-ion batteries ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 27, 2017
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Using advanced imaging techniques, scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been able to observe what exactly happens inside a cathode particle as lithium-ion batteries ...
Materials Science
Feb 1, 2017
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ANSTO has collaborated on research investigating the possible synergistic effects of a new perovskite cathode material for a low-temperature solid-oxide fuel cell (LT-SOFC) that demonstrates outstanding and stable electrochemical ...
Materials Science
Jan 31, 2017
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The race towards quantum computing is heating up. Faster, brighter, more exacting – these are all terms that could be applied as much to the actual science as to the research effort going on in labs around the globe.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 30, 2016
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An international team of researchers has demonstrated a new way to increase the robustness and energy storage capability of a particular class of "lithium-rich" cathode materials—by using a carbon dioxide-based gas mixture ...
Materials Science
Jul 6, 2016
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A battery for laptops and smart phones that is long-lasting, safe and affordable is a step closer thanks to work by A*STAR researchers.
Materials Science
Jun 29, 2016
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Energy storage systems with high energy density are essential to fulfilling the ever-increasing demands of electronic devices, electric vehicles, and smart grids for intermittent solar or wind power. The Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 22, 2016
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