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Just Add Water – Lithium-Air Battery Energy Storage Increases by 500%

Benji Jerew — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:03:19 +0000

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have stumbled upon a solution to the “sudden death” phenomenon in lithium-air battery chemistry: just add water! New rechargeable battery technology is constanty in development, as we’ve spent lots of time covering here, from solid-state lithium-ion battery technology to metal-air battery chemistry. Many of these technologies, such as lithium-air battery […]

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Tesla Motors Patents a Dual-Battery Electric Vehicle Design for More Range

Benji Jerew — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:10:42 +0000

Take a quick peek through the Tesla Motors archives, and I’m fairly certain you won’t find anything resembling an electric vehicle range extender like Fisker Karma or Chevy Volt. Go ahead, I’ll wait… Wait, gasoline, in an electric vehicle? What kind of craziness would that be? Still, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk isn’t above range […]

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Lithium Air Batteries Find That Gold-Platinum Catalyst Increases Their Efficiency and Lifetime

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:49:18 +0000

MIT researchers have just discovered an alloy that, if used as a catalyst, makes lithium-air batteries more efficient. This type of battery works by reacting the metal lithium with the oxygen from the air, and is very efficient at storing high amounts of energy (three times more than lithium ion). The industry awaits the development of lithium air batteries so they can be used in future electric cars.

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