lithium air battery Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:21:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 High-Performance, Low Weight Lithium-Air Battery to Power Future EVs https://www.greenoptimistic.com/high-performance-low-weight-lithium-air-battery/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/high-performance-low-weight-lithium-air-battery/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:21:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57123 Scientists from University of Cambridge announced a major breakthrough in developing lithium-air batteries, which can lead to much lighter electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries are without a doubt the most widely spread energy storage technology at the moment. From tiny electronic gadgets, to electric vehicles, everything that needs electrical power, comes with a lithium-ion battery. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/high-performance-low-weight-lithium-air-battery/feed/ 0 57123 Genetically Modified Virus Boosts Efficiency of Lithium-Air Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/genetically-modified-virus-boosts-efficiency-lithium-air-batteries-20131114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/genetically-modified-virus-boosts-efficiency-lithium-air-batteries-20131114/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:16:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43504 Scientists claim that genetically modified viruses, used in the process of nanowires production, could boost the efficiency of lithium-air batteries, bringing the field one step closer to making the ultimate lightweight battery for electric vehicles. The function of the virus is to capture the metal molecules from water and create structural shapes with huge surface […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/genetically-modified-virus-boosts-efficiency-lithium-air-batteries-20131114/feed/ 0 43504 Sodium-Air Battery Development Could Surpass Lithium-Air https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sodium-air-battery-development-could-surpass-lithium-air-20130321/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sodium-air-battery-development-could-surpass-lithium-air-20130321/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:11:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35144 Lithium-air [LiO2] batteries have a theoretical energy density of some 3,460Wh/kg but in practice hasn’t been able to surpass that of a sodium-air battery at 1,600Wh/kg. Development of the next-generation rechargeable battery is going to directly impact the performance and capabilities of electric vehicles. Current lithium-ion [Li-ion] battery technology has a maximum density of 250Wh/kg, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sodium-air-battery-development-could-surpass-lithium-air-20130321/feed/ 1 35144 Toyota’s Next-Gen LiO2 Battery Five Times Better Than Li-Ion https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-lio2-battery-20130313/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-lio2-battery-20130313/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:28:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34804 Nickel-metal hydride [NiMH] and lithium-ion [Li-ion] batteries have their advantages, but Toyota’s next-generation solid state and LiO2 battery technology could be set to overtake them. Toyota doesn’t really have much of a penchant for Li-ion battery technology, instead trusting its NiMH battery technology developed in-house. True, the Toyota RAV4 EV uses Li-ion, but the entire […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-lio2-battery-20130313/feed/ 0 34804 Lithium-Air Batteries Now Working Without Lithium https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-air-batteries-now-working-without-lithium-20121109/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-air-batteries-now-working-without-lithium-20121109/#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:16:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27879 A lithiated silicon-carbon anode can be used as a replacement for lithium in lithium-air batteries. This is the conclusion of a study done by researchers at three international academic institutes- University of Rome Sapienza (Italy), Argonne National Laboratory (United States) and Hanyang University (South Korea). Although these new batteries have lower voltage and lower capacity, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-air-batteries-now-working-without-lithium-20121109/feed/ 0 27879 Lithium-Air Battery Breakthrough Gives Hopes to EV Industry https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-air-battery-breakthrough-gives-hopes-to-ev-industry-20120720/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-air-battery-breakthrough-gives-hopes-to-ev-industry-20120720/#respond Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:56:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25582 The Lithium-air battery technology is a promising solution to make the range of electric vehicles comparable to gasoline-powered vehicles. It has the potential to store ten times more energy than the best lithium-ion battery available in the market nowadays. However, no stable battery configuration had been designed until now. In order to operate, the components […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-air-battery-breakthrough-gives-hopes-to-ev-industry-20120720/feed/ 0 25582 Metallic Catalysts Could Increase the Efficiency of Li-Air Batteries Three Fold https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metallic-catalyst-lithium-air-battery-20100407/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metallic-catalyst-lithium-air-battery-20100407/#respond Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:20:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7279 The MIT researchers could easily change the balance towards Li-air batteries in the near future just by changing the actual electrode materials. In the paper published in the journal Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, the researchers showed that by changing the carbon electrodes with gold or platinum electrodes as a catalyst, the efficiency of the battery will increase.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/metallic-catalyst-lithium-air-battery-20100407/feed/ 0 7279 Solid-State Rechargeable Lithium-Air Battery Reduces Risk of Explosion https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solid-state-rechargeable-lithium-air-battery-reduces-risk-of-explosion-20091121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solid-state-rechargeable-lithium-air-battery-reduces-risk-of-explosion-20091121/#respond Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5445 Binod Kumar, a research engineer and leader of UDRI's electrochemical power group said that the university is looking for partners that could license the â€Ã…“breakthrough” technology for manufacturing the batteries.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solid-state-rechargeable-lithium-air-battery-reduces-risk-of-explosion-20091121/feed/ 0 5445 Innovative Lithium-Air Batteries (STAIR) Improve Lifetime Ten Fold https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stair-lithium-air-battery-20090519/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stair-lithium-air-battery-20090519/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 09:04:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3544 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.

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