News tagged with electrical energy storage
Scientists create large-area graphene on copper: Faster computers, electronics possible
May 07, 2009 |
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The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, ...
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A Glimpse of the Future MEMS-based Storage: Totally Green & Thumbnail Size
Jun 23, 2009 |
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The University of Twente--Enschede, The Netherlands published newly conferred PhD Mohammed Ghiath Khatib's thesis, "MEMS-based Storage Devices: Integration in Energy-Constrained Mobile System". The new MEMS, ...
Revealing new applications for carbon nanomaterials in hydrogen storage
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2009 |
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An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials. Experimental and ...
Nanotech Batteries for a New Energy Future
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to save money and energy, many people are purchasing hybrid electric cars or installing solar panels on the roofs of their homes. But both have a problem -- the technology to store ...
High-performance energy storage
Jul 03, 2007 |
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North Carolina State University physicists have recently deduced a way to improve high-energy-density capacitors so that they can store up to seven times as much energy per unit volume than the common capacitor.
Liquid Battery Offers Promising Solar Energy Storage Technique
Mar 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest challenges currently facing large-scale solar energy technology is finding an effective way to store the energy, which is essential for using the electricity at night or ...
What If Your Energy Supply is Gone with the Wind?
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research program at Oregon State University proposes to tackle one of the major remaining problems with wind energy – how do you provide a steady, or at least predictable flow of electricity when the ...
Polymer electric storage, flexible and adaptable
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now a ...
Tilting at wind farms
Jan 07, 2009 |
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A way to make wind power smoother and more efficient that exploits the inertia of a wind turbine rotor could help solve the problem of wind speed variation, according to research published in the International Journal of ...
New carbon nanomaterial shows promise of storing large quantities of renewable electrical energy
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor ...
Energy Storage For Hybrid Vehicles
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Hybrid technology combines the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. Scientists are developing high-performance energy storage units, a prerequisite for effective hybrid motors.
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