Study Shows How to Stop Lithium Dendrite Formation in Batteries
When they charge, lithium ion batteries form so-called "dendrites" that limit recharging speed. They can also destroy a battery by internal short circuit. Researchers...
New Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Box Should Mitigate Fire Concerns
After smoke erupted from the lithium-ion battery pack aboard one Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and fire in another, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded the...
Molten Salt Batteries, the next level to Solar and Wind Power Industry
A novel innovation of battery made out of molten metal was developed by MIT. Its vision is to cater the expanding solar and wind...
Homemade Pumpkin Battery, or How to Generate Pumpkin Power
Happy Halloween, everybody! It is that time of the year again, when we have stocked up on incredible amounts of pumpkin and facial paint....
Toyota’s new all-solid-state battery: the power of ‘green vehicles’
Environmentally friendly driving, fuel efficiency, electric vehicles- all topics that have been a subject of major debate in recent years, and yet only a...
New High-Performance DIY Battery Made from Scrap Metal Discharges as Quickly as Supercaps
Did you always think high-performance batteries (except for the lemon-copper-zinc experiment) can only be produced in factories? I did too, until today.
Well, now a team of...
Subhydro’s Energy Storage System Uses Ocean Depth Pressure Difference
A German engineer is planning to utilize the pressure difference between the seafloor and the sea surface in order to create a new highly...
Smart Fortwo MHD: Hybrid Car Without a Battery
Smart Fortwo Micro Hybrid Drive (MHD) has been available for quite a while on Europe's car markets. It's Smart's way of saying "I am cleaner than the cleanest", and a quite impressive innovation that brings some kind of a "hybrid" system into play by using a start-stop mechanism of the engine. It uses regenerative brakes, like all hybrids do, to recharge the battery, and it stops the engine when you halt at a stop light (in fact, when your speed drops below 8km/h).
Taiwanese Chlorophyll Battery – Works With Any Liquid!
Chungpin Hovering Liao from Graduate School of Electro-Optic and Material Science of National Formosa University in central Taiwan discovered a battery that he claims to be the world's first chlorophyll organic battery. He says his battery can be filled up with almost anything, including water and urine, and it can provide electricity from two to seven days.
Tiny Battery Made from Recycled Cardboard Charges Your Phone On-The-Go
Quick emergency phone charging can now be much easier, cheaper and eco friendly with the new concept of recycled cardboard batteries. Easy to transport...
