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Charging batteries at high currents may be the key to extending their lifespan.
We have research and development to thank for affordable batteries.
They're much cheaper and environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries.
Could this be an everlasting battery?
The salty future of energy storage might be upon us.
The battery uses a solid polymer as the electrolyte and can provide a constant power output even when stretched to twice its original length.
A new polymer incorporated into Li-ion batteries could dramatically improve their performance.
A new step forward in our transition towards renewable energy.
This will make electric car drivers in Siberia very happy.
Paired with recent advances in graphene deposition and manufacturing, this sort of tech of could very well end up powering your notebook or phone a couple years from now.
Boom!
Renewable energy and electric vehicles not only need high density storage mediums to become successful, but ones that can be replenished fast as well. A new battery, very similar to the popular lithium-ion variety used to power your smartphone, charges in under a minute and still works perfectly after 7000 cycles. Moreover, the battery is based on aluminium making it both easier and cheaper to manufacture.
This wasn't an easy tasks since the researchers identified hundreds of potential candidate compounds.
If you’ve owned a smartphone or laptop for more than two years and use the gadgets frequently, then you’ve most likely noticed, to your exasperation, how short the battery life is compared to when the product was first shipped. Rechargeable batteries have been around for more than 100 years, but it’s only recently that scientists […]
Expect the price of sand to skyrocket! Researchers at University of California, Riverside have devised a coin-sized battery that uses silicone at its anode (negative side), instead of the over-used graphite, that lasts up to three times longer than conventional lithium-ion batteries. The key of the research is the silicon extraction method which uses quartz-rich […]
Researchers from ETH Zurich and Empa have for the first time succeeded in creating uniform antimony nanocrystals. These nanocrystals are able to store a large number of both lithium and sodium ions, operating at a very high rate – in normal English, this means that they can potentially be used as alternative anode materials in […]
In a synergy between biology and electrochemistry, researchers at MIT cleverly exploited genetically modified viruses to assemble metal molecules into extremely thin nanowires that can be used as cathodes in a lithium-air battery. This type of battery has been thoroughly researched in the past few years and has sparked the interest of scientists because of […]
Scientists at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have synthesized a form of niobium oxide that exhibits extraordinary energy storage capabilities, basically combining the tremendous advantages of lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors all into one material, while at the same time stripping the individual disadvantages out of the picture. The material is […]
In just a couple of years, electronics will cross a new frontier of practicability and aesthetics as consumer goods will transition to flexible electronics. We’ve told you all about fantastic electronics that can stretch multiple times their own size all while housing delicate circuitry, hinting to prospects where they could be easily embedded into clothing […]
Researchers at Rice University and City College of New York have devised rechargeable lithium-ion batteries using a substance extracted from the madder plant as a cathode. The plant has been used since ancient times as a dye, and only recently have researchers learned about its fantastic capabilities it poses as an alternative green battery. The madder plant or Rubia […]
