paraffin Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:26:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Energy Storage Unit Uses Paraffin To Store Excess Solar Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-storage-unit-uses-paraffin-store-excess-solar-power-20141016/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-storage-unit-uses-paraffin-store-excess-solar-power-20141016/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:25:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49700 Energy storage seems to be standing in the way of any great developments and innovations in the field of renewable energy. This is why, there is an increasing amount of effort that goes towards building devices that can resolve the problem. Here is the latest, an heat-energy storage device that takes limited space and uses paraffin. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-storage-unit-uses-paraffin-store-excess-solar-power-20141016/feed/ 2 49700 Wax Helps Scientists Reach Theoretical Storage Limit for Lithium Manganese Phosphate Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wax-lithium-manganese-phosphte-batteries-20100814/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wax-lithium-manganese-phosphte-batteries-20100814/#respond Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:27:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9154 In the war for efficiency, not only energy harvesters (like solar cells, wind turbines and others) have to win, but they will also have to be accompanied by storage devices, coming from behind. Daiwon Choi, working at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has discovered how paraffin (wax) can improve the battery manufacturing technology by enhancing their electrodes.

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