Scientists Make Battery Electrodes from Harmful Algal Blooms
US scientists have found a way to convert harmful algal blooms into cheap and efficient electrodes for sodium-ion batteries.
Algal blooms are the biggest threat...
Innovative Lithium-Air Batteries (STAIR) Improve Lifetime Ten Fold
Scientists from the University of St. Andrews, partnering with Strathclyde and Newcastle have discovered a method of making clean batteries that also have a chemical reaction, but do not carry a chemical component used in batteries today. Instead, they use a reaction with the oxygen drawn from the air to generate electricity.
Georgia Tech Supercapacitors Could Outperform Batteries Thanks to New Compound
The future of electric cars will likely involve a shift from the batteries currently used to capacitors instead.
Even in 2011, Elon Musk, the CEO...
ORNL and GM to Recycle Used Volt Batteries in Grid Backup Supply
After years and many thousands of miles, the hybrid and electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack performance starts to degrade, but they can't just be...
From Energy Storage to Power Generation – Your Car Battery May Find New Life...
Rumors have it that Tesla will put up a lithium ion car battery plant in Nevada. This is probably the beginning of the end...
New Sodium Imide Battery Doesn't Overheat, Features 50% More Capacity
One of the biggest hurdles lithium ion batteries face is to overcome is heat. Today's electric cars use complex and bulky cooling systems to get rid of the heat, fact that also lowers the batteries' storage capacity and put weight on the car, lowering its mileage per charge. A new type of battery chemistry that doesn't overheat is now emerging from Leyden Energy's labs.
New Lithium Ion Battery Embedded in Cotton Fabric Could Save Lives
Flexible batteries could be the future devices that power our gadgets, emit distress signals in the case of an emergency or even resuscitate a...
University Of California to Be Powered by 1.1 Million AA Batteries
The new University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering found a new way to power the first floor of the building by installing...
‘Hydricity’ Uses Solar Power To Produce and Store Hydrogen
Hydricity is a new hybrid concept, which combines solar power with hydrogen production and storage, to ensure constant power generation and highly efficient, chemical-free,...
Green Tea Could Be Used to Make Next Generation Supercapacitors
It seems like people are wearing and carrying more electronic technology all the time. Up to this point people have used batteries to power...
