News tagged with battery material

Nanostructured electrodes for rechargeable sodium-Ion batteries

Highly efficient 3V cathodes for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries have been developed by users from Argonne National Laboratory's Materials Science, Chemical Sciences & Engineering, and X-ray Sciences Divisions, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Revealing how a battery material works

Since its discovery 15 years ago, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) has become one of the most promising materials for rechargeable batteries because of its stability, durability, safety and ability to deliver ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The right recipe: Engineering research improves laser detectors, batteries

Think of it as cooking with carbon spaghetti: A Kansas State University researcher is developing new ways to create and work with carbon nanotubes -- ultrasmall tubes that look like pieces of spaghetti or string.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Development of positive electrode materials for low-cost and high-performance lithium-ion secondary batteries

Mitsuharu Tabuchi (Senior Researcher), Ionics Research Group, the Research Institute for Ubiquitous Energy Devices (Director: Tetsuhiko Kobayashi) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

SRNL research paves way for portable power systems

Developments by hydrogen researchers at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) are paving the way for the successful development of portable power systems with capacities that far exceed the best batteries ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mystery of car battery's current solved

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists have solved the 150 year-old mystery of what gives the lead-acid battery, found under the bonnet of most cars, its unique ability to deliver a surge of current.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (28) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Post-doctoral researcher makes strides in fuel cell technology

Liang Wang, a post-doctoral researcher in the University of Delaware's Center for Fuel Cell Research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing new materials and structures that can improve ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Bubbles help break energy storage record for lithium-air batteries

Resembling broken eggshells, graphene structures built around bubbles produced a lithium-air battery with the highest energy capacity to date, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Putting the squeeze on batteries (w/ video)

People depend on lithium-ion batteries every day to power cellphones, laptops and other electronic devices, and perhaps one day to run cars. This video shows how Craig Arnold, an associate professor of mechanical ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New technology improves both energy capacity and charge rate in rechargeable batteries

Imagine a cellphone battery that stayed charged for more than a week and recharged in just 15 minutes. That dream battery could be closer to reality thanks to Northwestern University research.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Fluoride shuttle increases storage capacity

German researchers have developed a new concept for rechargeable batteries. Based on a fluoride shuttle -- the transfer of fluoride anions between the electrodes -- it promises to enhance the storage capacity ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

3-D battery structure shows new twist in battery design

(PhysOrg.com) -- Battery life and driving range are two sticky phrases in discussions about why EVs have yet to hit mainstream use. Drivers still feel skittish about the idea of setting out on longer trips ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Revolutionary conducting polymer enables silicon use as next generation of lithium-ion battery anodes

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, in smart phones, laptops, an array of other consumer electronics, and the newest electric cars. Good as they are, they could be much better, especially when it comes to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- By looking to Mother Nature for solutions, researchers have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that not only could boost energy storage, but also ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New rechargeable batteries needed: A microporous polymer is an unusually powerful supercapacitor

(PhysOrg.com) -- For future electric vehicles, powerful notebook computers, and other portable devices, we need a new generation of energy storage materials that are better suited to modern needs than current ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

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