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Energizer’s Recycled Battery Hits Market as “EcoAdvanced”

Mila Luleva — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:19:09 +0000

Energizer’s new recycled batteries are about to revolutionize the commercial industry as we know it. The “EcoAdvanced” line of products contains recycled old cells. Manufacturing batteries is not one of the cleanest process around, it has to be admitted. But what makes it worse is the fact that although elements can be retrieved from old batteries with […]

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New Zinc-Air Batteries Developed at Stanford are Cheaper, Stabler, Better

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:13:13 +0000

A new zinc-air battery with a redesigned and cheap catalyst has been brewed at Stanford – it could one day rival lithium ion batteries and come much cheaper. “With ample supply of oxygen from the atmosphere, metal-air batteries have drastically higher theoretical energy density than either traditional aqueous batteries or lithium-ion batteries. Among them, zinc-air […]

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Zinc-Iron Redox Flow Battery for Grid Energy Storage Almost Ready for Market

Benji Jerew — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:22:56 +0000

Working under the radar for years, Zinc-Air Inc. is probably a battery company that you’ve never heard of, but now that they’re maybe six months away from marketing a new grid energy storage battery, they’re coming out of hiding. Who can blame them? Startup battery companies have often overhyped, not only their technology, but also […]

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Zinc-Air Battery for Electric Vehicles To Be Unveiled in 2013

Maria Reyes — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:23:02 +0000

Electric vehicles still lag behind their gas-powered cousins because of the limited range, long charging times and high cost of their battery packs. However, there is a bright light ahead as Eos Energy unveils a 160 kWh zinc-air battery that could hit the market in 2013. Eos Energy will first apply their zinc-air batteries to […]

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New Zinc-Air Battery Gets Charged by Swapping Its Electrolyte in Under 3 Minutes

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:47:24 +0000

In a time when people are trying to find a reason to buy an electric car, because of the time it takes to charge, Eos Energy Storage has seemingly found the solution. Why bother charging the battery from the grid, when you can basically swap its electrolyte with a newly-charged one in under three minutes? […]

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Researchers Believe Zinc Batteries Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicles

Mike Sandru — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:01:45 +0000

According to the researchers, zinc batteries could soon revolutionize electric vehicles. Researcher John Cooper is convinced that the common metal zinc is the future of transportation. "It's a power source for refuel able electrical vehicles you can use 24/7 if you wish," Cooper said.

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New Zinc Air Battery Provided by Energizer Triples Lifetime

Cristi — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:32:35 +0000

The mid of 2010 will see the launch of a new Energizer battery based on a 35 year old technology. The new battery is expected to be smaller, to provide more energy and to address to a bigger market.

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Zinc Air Batteries Just Got Rechargeable

Mike Sandru — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:59:54 +0000

A Swiss company based in Staefa, claims it developed zinc-air batteries, capable to hold three times the energy of lithium ion batteries, by volume, while costing only half as much," and compared with other existing air batteries, this one would be rechargeable.

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Using Zinc-Air Batteries to Charge Your Mobile Phone

Cristi — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:48:26 +0000

Based on Zinc-Air battery technology, a Japanese company called KFE, developed a power source for a portable phone charger.

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Power Air`s Batteries Use Zinc as Fuel: Cheaper Alternative to Li-Ion

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:33:57 +0000

A California company, named "Power Air" wants to introduce a fuel cell to the market next year. It has the size of a BlackBerry, and uses zinc as a fuel to charge your gadgets.

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