Liquid Electrolyte Archives – The Green Optimistic

Colorado Startup Develops New Electrolyte for Much Better Batteries

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:59:44 +0000

A Colorado-based startup company, Boulder Ionics, has invented a liquid electrolyte based on molten salts that can revolutionize the entire energy storage industry. For example, it could replace a starter car battery with one the size of a flashlight. How about that? The new ionic liquid can operate at higher voltages and temperatures, doesn’t ignite […]

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Delft Students Make Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystals Help Fuel Cells Become More Efficient

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:23:54 +0000

Fuel cells can have a hope of improvement due to a discovery by TU Delft researchers in Holland. They added minuscule titanium dioxide crystals to solid electrolytes to make them more conductive. Unlike liquid electrolytes, solid ones have the advantage of being more stable and easier to be contained. Electrolytes are also used mainly in batteries, between their two electrodes.

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63% Efficient Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Developed by NGK

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:03:41 +0000

Highly efficient hydrogen fuel cells are wanted due to the high price the existing ones have so far. So, being efficient means less money spent on them, and more market share for hydrogen. SOFCs (solid oxide fuel cell) are a type of hydrogen fuel cell that use solid (not liquid) electrolyte to do their job, while being much more efficient.

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