New Foam Material Could Improve Batteries and Hydrogen Fuel Cells
The latest issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie published a study that reveals a new cheap material that can be used in electrodes of electrochemical...
Liquid Battery from Molten Salts Invented at MIT
As always, MIT is coming with lots of interesting ideas that often represent really viable ways of improving our energy sources. This time, MIT has come up with a special type of battery never seen before.
Siemens Installing First Rail Regenerative Braking Supercapacitor Storage in Portland
In order to make use of all the energy in a moving system, like a hybrid electric vehicle, for example, regenerative braking converts the...
Sharp Develops Vehicle-to-Grid-Like System That Uses EVs to Store Cheap/Green Electricity
Researchers have used a battery pack from an EV to provide 8 kilowatts of energy, enough for many kinds of appliances found in an average household. The Intelligent Power Conditioner is also capable of delivering 4 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity for the recharging of the electric vehicle's battery pack. This process took about 30 minutes.
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Spiral Effect – Volvo Structural Batteries Increase Fuel Economy
Better than eighteen months ago, Volvo Car Group started a project that was meant to start a spiral of increasing fuel economy, starting with...
Active Dual Functioning Electrolyte Boosts Capacity and Extends Life of Batteries
Scientists and engineers have been trying to improve the capacity and extend the life-span of conventional batteries ever since their initial creation. We often...
Engineers Develop Commercial Water-Based Nuclear Battery
When it comes to energy storage, people have looked into countless means and technologies, yet the winning long-lasting and super efficient breakthrough is still...
MIESC's Printable Battery at International Rechargeable Battery Expo
Printable batteries have long been sought after, but only recently scientists have been able to figure out a way to make them in a viable technological process. Mie Industry Enterprise Support Center (MIESC) has built a prototype lithium storage battery in the form of a sheet, by using only printing technology.
First Recycled Rechargeable Batteries from Energizer
Energizer's new product line offers world's first recycled rechargeable batteries.
Nowadays it is quite difficult to imagine our lives without batteries. They are everywhere, powering...
Stanford Unveils Printable and Conducting Polymer Hydrogel with High Electrical Activity
Researchers at Stanford recently reported the synthesis of an electrically conducting hydrogel that possesses high electrical activity comparable to metals. It is easy to...
