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Sodium Ion Battery Meets Industry Standards

Mila Luleva — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:52:51 +0000

French researchers developed the first ready-to-use sodium-ion battery in the most common industry standard – the 18650. Scientists and engineers have been on the look out for an alternative energy storage means in order to overcome the limitations associated with lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. The new technology is firstly supposed to be cheaper, and secondly, it […]

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Scientists Make Battery Electrodes from Harmful Algal Blooms

Mila Luleva — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:34:48 +0000

US scientists have found a way to convert harmful algal blooms into cheap and efficient electrodes for sodium-ion batteries. Algal blooms are the biggest threat to natural and artificial aquifers. Formed as a result of warm temperatures, and consequently the development of large populations of cyanobacteria, algal blooms are often toxic, very strong, and deadly […]

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Wood Battery Promises Cheap Grid Energy Storage

Mila Luleva — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:43:16 +0000

A battery made of tin coated wood developed at the University of Maryland is rated as high as most sodium-ion nanobatteries in terms of lifespan. In addition to this, the new battery is almost 1,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper. According to the scientists behind the project, what makes the device environmentally friendly is […]

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Sugar Might Power Batteries, According to Japanese Researchers

Mila Luleva — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:32:12 +0000

Robust, cheap and with high energy-storage capacity- this is the description of the desired Li-ion rechargeable batteries. In some countries, however, in order to build them, industries have to pay very high import costs. Researchers in Japan think they have found a solution to this. The rapidly growing demand for Lithium, metal found mainly in […]

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Jay Whitacre’s New & Cheap Sodium-Ion Batteries Funded by DOE

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:38:02 +0000

Sodium is several orders of magnitude more available than lithium, and that makes it cheaper to use in batteries. Taking into account the destination of the projected batteries, to act like a buffer for storing renewable electricity, low voltages are enough, so making the technology cheaper by using a water-based electrolyte wasn't hard to think of.

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