Lead acid batteries Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 MIT Researchers Make Perovskite Solar Cells from Old Car Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/perovskite-solar-cells-old-batteries/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/perovskite-solar-cells-old-batteries/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:30:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=58459 Lead from recycled car batteries can be used to make perovskite solar cells. MIT researchers have the recipe. The past decade has seen such development in technologies, that I doubt anyone was able to predict it at the start. What is more, the world became more aware of climate change, and what we see now is […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/perovskite-solar-cells-old-batteries/feed/ 1 58459 White Zombie Electric Race Car Does 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds https://www.greenoptimistic.com/white-zombie-electric-race-car-20100722/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/white-zombie-electric-race-car-20100722/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:05:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8632 In order to set a new round of record-breaking electrical hot-rodding at Portland International Raceway, the drag racer John Wayland has converted an old 1972 Datsun dubbed "White Zombie," into a zero-emission electric car powered by lead-acid batteries, becoming one of the world's fastest street legal electric cars.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/white-zombie-electric-race-car-20100722/feed/ 1 8632 Lithium-Polymer Based Battery System for Solar-Powered Homes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-polymer-based-battery-system-for-solar-powered-homes-20091002/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-polymer-based-battery-system-for-solar-powered-homes-20091002/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:37:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4621 A Malaysian company called ETI Tech Corporation Bhd has developed the world's first lithium-polymer battery system for solar-powered homes. â€Ã…“The lithium ion battery is 100 per cent environment-friendly, unlike the more commonly used lead acid battery,” said ETI Tech Corporation Bhd managing director K. K. Lee.

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