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Tiny nanoclusters could solve big problems for lithium-ion batteries

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

As devices become smaller and more powerful, they require faster, smaller, more stable batteries. University of Illinois chemists have developed a superionic so...

Stabilizing energy storage

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

Because the sun doesn't always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for wind power facilities, since the wind ...

Waste silicon sawdust recycled into anode for lithium-ion battery

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers have created a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using waste silicon (Si) sawdust. It is energy-consuming and expensi...

Looking for the next leap in rechargeable batteries

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

USC researchers may have just found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the next wave of rechargeable batteries - small enough for cellphones ...

Making sodium-ion batteries that last

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Lithium-ion batteries have become essential in everyday technology. But these power sources can explode under certain circumstances and are not ideal for grid-s...

Squishy supercapacitors bathed in green tea could power wearable electronics

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Wearable electronics are here - the most prominent versions are sold in the form of watches or sports bands. But soon, more comfortable products could become av...

The ultimate green technology

Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)

Imagine patterning and visualizing silicon at the atomic level, something which, if done successfully, will revolutionize the quantum and classical computing in...

UMD physicist improves method for designing fusion experiments

Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)

"Measure twice, cut once" is an old carpenter's proverb - a reminder that careful planning can save time and materials in the long run. The concept also applies...

Next-Gen batteries could provide power to microsatellites, cubesats

Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)

Sometimes good things come in very small packages. Just ask Dr. Luke Roberson, senior principal investigator for Flight Research within the Exploration Research...

New, long-lasting flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new flow battery that stores energy in organic m...

Researchers optimize the assembly of micro meso and macroporous carbon for Li-S batteries

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

Li-S batteries are considered as promising alternatives for Li-ion batteries in the new generation of energy storages, due to high specific capacity (1675 mAh/g...

How to recycle lithium batteries

Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)

Rechargeable lithium ion batteries power our phones and tablets they drive us from A to B in electric vehicles, and have many applications besides. Unfortunatel...

Portable superconductivity systems for small motors

Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)

Superconductivity, where electrical currents course unhindered through a material, is one of modern physics' most intriguing scientific discoveries. It has many...

Building a better microbial fuel cell - using paper

Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)

The concept behind microbial fuel cells, which rely on bacteria to generate an electrical current, is more than a century old. But turning that concept into a u...

Toward all-solid lithium batteries

Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)

Most batteries are composed of two solid, electrochemically active layers called electrodes, separated by a polymer membrane infused with a liquid or gel electr...

Researchers flip script for Li-Ion electrolytes to simulate better batteries

Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)

Ever since Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the first battery out of a stack of copper and zinc disks separated by moistened cardboard, scientists ha...

Scientists take the first step toward creating efficient electrolyte-free batteries

Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists of Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with the French, Swiss and Polish researchers have found unique a...

GM, Honda annouce fuel cell venture in Michigan

Jan 30, 2017 (AFP)

General Motors and Honda announced plans Monday for the first "mass production" of an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that could be used in future vehicles. ...

Former OPEC member Indonesia makes geothermal move

Jan 27, 2017 (UPI)

French energy company ENGIE said it was making a debut in geothermal energy with a commitment to help build a power plant in Indonesia. The French company is pa...

UNIST researchers get green light to commercialize metal-air batteries

Jan 24, 2017 (SPX)

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has recently announced that they have successfully developed a new way to increase energy efficiency of metal-air b...