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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.
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...
Toyota Solid-State Lithium-Ion Battery Hits 400 Wh/L
While Toyota is working hard to bring its hydrogen fuel cell cars to fruition, they haven’t left lithium-ion battery technology entirely.
Even though most of...
The “Next Big Thing” After The Lithium-Ion Battery Will Be…
Well, the truth is, who knows what the next big thing will be after lithium-ion battery will be, but there are a number of...
