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Electric Vehicle Batteries for 400% Range Developed by SolidEnergy

Benji Jerew — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:52:20 +0000

If anyone thought that Tesla Motors’ electric vehicle was the peak of rechargeable battery technology, it seems good to note that we’re just getting started, that is, the peak is still somewhere in the clouds. A123 Systems, long since failed and resurrected by Wanxiang Group, is a developer of advanced-technology lithium-ion [Li-Ion] rechargeable batteries. Instead […]

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New Solid Battery Electrolyte Prevents Fire, Increases Capacity Five Fold

Mila Luleva — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:02:32 +0000

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developed an electrolyte, which has the potential to boost the energy storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries, while being safer than these on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. Although the reason for the fire on the Boeing is not yet determined, if they used a safer electrolyte, the risk of fire […]

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New Solid State Lithium Ion Batteries As Good As Liquid Ones, And Cheaper

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:48:16 +0000

A new solid state lithium battery has been recently invented by Japanese researchers. The cell performs just as well as regular lithium ion batteries, but instead of having a liquid electrolyte, it features a solid one. The advantages are numerous and people have been researching solid electrolytes for the past few years.

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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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MIESC's Printable Battery at International Rechargeable Battery Expo

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:20:31 +0000

Printable batteries have long been sought after, but only recently scientists have been able to figure out a way to make them in a viable technological process. Mie Industry Enterprise Support Center (MIESC) has built a prototype lithium storage battery in the form of a sheet, by using only printing technology.

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Breakthrough Discovery for Stationary Industrial Fuel Cells – Faster Startups

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:25:28 +0000

In their search to make better fuel cells, a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, has discovered a new structure that moves oxygen ions through the cell at substantially lower temperatures than previously thought possible.

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