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Nanoparticle Electrode for Batteries Could Make Grid-Scale Power Storage Feasible
November 23, 2011 — Researchers have used nanoparticles of a copper compound to develop a high-power battery electrode that is so inexpensive to make, so efficient and so durable that it could be used to build batteries ... > full story -
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Insect Cyborgs May Become First Responders: Search and Monitor Hazardous Places
November 23, 2011 — New developments may lead to insects monitoring hazardous situations before humans are sent in. The principal idea is to harvest the insect's biological energy from either its body heat or movements. ... > full story -
Better Batteries: New Technology Improves Both Energy Capacity and Charge Rate in Rechargeable Batteries
November 14, 2011 — Engineers have created an electrode for lithium-ion batteries that allows the rechargeable batteries to hold a charge up to 10 times greater than current technology. The batteries also can charge 10 ... > full story -
Fluoride Shuttle Increases Storage Capacity: Researchers Develop New Concept for Rechargeable Batteries
October 21, 2011 — 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 ... > full story -
Electrically Powered Maneuverable Public Transportation With High Capacity
October 17, 2011 — Electric and hybrid vehicles will be conquering the cities: cars, bicycles, buses and trains. This is why new ideas are in demand for individual and public ... > full story -
Lithium-Ion Batteries Made Faster With New Process
October 17, 2011 — Engineers have been inspired by nature. To fill the porous electrodes of lithium-ion batteries more rapidly with liquid electrolyte, they are using a physico-chemical effect that also provides for ... > full story -
Redox Flow Batteries, a Promising Technology for Renewable Energies Integration
October 14, 2011 — Today there is a wide variety of energy storage technologies at very different stages of development. Among them, the Redox Flow Battery (RFB) is an innovative solution based on the use of liquid ... > full story -
Crash-Safe Battery Protection for Electric Cars
October 5, 2011 — Engineers in Germany have replaced a battery box for lithium-ion batteries in electric cars with a lightweight component. Not only does the housing save weight and sustain no damage in an accident -- ... > full story -
Novel Energy-Storage Membrane: Performance Surpasses Existing Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors
September 29, 2011 — Researchers in Singapore have developed a novel membrane with a performance that surpasses existing rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, promising a low-cost, environmentally-friendly energy ... > full story -
Better Lithium-Ion Batteries Are on the Way
September 23, 2011 — Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smart phones to electric cars, but especially when it comes to lowering the cost and extending the range of all-electric vehicles, they need to store a lot ... > full story -
Reducing Costs of Electric Vehicle Batteries
September 9, 2011 — Costs of manufacture of batteries and power trains of electric vehicles can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed. For reaching this objective, scientists develop ... > full story -
New Material Possible Boon for Lithium Ion Batteries
September 8, 2011 — Batteries could get a boost from a discovery that increases power, energy density and safety while dramatically reducing charge ... > full story
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