Developers from Bosch and scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are using neutrons to analyze the filling of lithium ion batteries for hybrid cars with electrolytes. Their experiments show that electrodes ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 21, 2018
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Lithium-metal batteries—which can hold up to 10 times more charge than the lithium-ion batteries that currently power our phones, laptops and cars—haven't been commercialized because of a fatal flaw: as these batteries ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 15, 2018
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Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of lithium-ion batteries. Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) shows that the availability of both elements ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 15, 2018
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Lithium-ion batteries could be under threat after the development of polymer materials by the Universities of Surrey and Bristol, along with Superdielectrics Ltd, that could challenge the dominance of these traditional batteries.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 26, 2018
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A collaborative team of researchers from Shinshu University in Japan has found a new way to curb some of the potential dangers posed by lithium ion batteries. The researchers, led by Susumu Arai, a professor at Shinshu University, ...
Materials Science
Feb 26, 2018
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The lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, electric cars and so many other modern gadgets operate on a simple plan: Lithium ions shuttle back and forth between two electrodes, inserting themselves into one of the electrodes ...
Nanophysics
Feb 23, 2018
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Adding carbon atoms to a new type of solid lithium ion battery could make it charge faster and more safely.
Materials Science
Feb 23, 2018
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Researchers are using neutrons to study a battery material that could offer a safer alternative to the flammable liquid component found in most types of lithium-ion batteries.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 22, 2018
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Cobalt is hitting historically high prices fuelled by the automobile industry, which needs the rare metal to make light and durable electric batteries.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2018
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Leave a car overnight in extreme cold and you might get an unpleasant surprise in the morning.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2018
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