leyden sodium imide Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 25 May 2011 18:05:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Sodium Imide Battery Doesn't Overheat, Features 50% More Capacity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/leyden-sodium-imide-battery-20110525/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/leyden-sodium-imide-battery-20110525/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 18:05:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18810 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.

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