![Toyota Hybrid Nickel-Metal Hydride [NiMH] Rechargeable Battery Pack](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1024px-Ni-MH_Battery_02.jpg?resize=180%2C135&ssl=1 "Toyota Recycles Hybrid Batteries for Micro-Grid Applications")
Toyota Recycles Hybrid Batteries for Micro-Grid Applications
The power grid, for the most part, wasn't designed with too many fail-safes, and the aging infrastructure shows this weakness every time there is...
Toyota Prius Backup Power – An Aftermarket Solution
Modern society depends on electricity, and without it, most everything ceases to function, including heating and cooling, refrigerators, mobile phones, computers, and the list...
Ten Times Longer Battery Life Thanks to New Semiconductor Material
Novel methods and materials that can be used in building integrated circuits have the potential to reduce power, which would ultimately lead to extending...
New Solid Battery Electrolyte Prevents Fire, Increases Capacity Five Fold
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developed an electrolyte, which has the potential to boost the energy storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries, while...
Leyden Energy – Plenty of Innovation Left in Lithium Batteries
Currently, the best rechargeable battery technology that we have available, whether it be for laptops, mobile devices, smartgrid applications, or electric vehicles , is...
NREL’s AMPED Project Boosts Battery Efficiency by Better Management
The three main factors that affect the life of a rechargeable battery, any rechargeable battery, is chemistry, management, and usage. The same goes for...
Strong Nanomaterials from Snails Improve Solar Cells and Lithium-ion Batteries
A recent paper published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, reveals how the largest type of chitons- gumboot chitons, can contribute to improving solar...
Flexible Batteries Make Bendable Smartphones a Reality
A team of Korean researchers may have discovered how to create a flexible battery to be used in smartphones. This may be a game...
Rechargeable Batteries Revolutionized with Layered Nanomaterials
Kansas State University assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering Gurpreet Singh and his team of engineers have discovered more efficient and less expensive...
Yolk-Shell Nanostructure Design Achieves Staggering Battery Performance
Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory scientists have used an ingenious yolk-shell design that allows them to store five times more energy in the...
