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Nickelblock: An Element's Love-Hate Relationship With Battery Electrodes
September 27, 2012 — Battery materials on the nano-scale reveal how nickel forms a physical barrier that impedes the shuttling of lithium ions in the electrode, reducing how fast the materials charge and discharge. The ... > full story -
Doctoral Student Developing Next Generation of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Longer Lasting Mobile Devices, Electric Cars
September 27, 2012 — Researchers are developing new materials that could be used in future lithium-ion batteries. The materials look to improve the energy storage capacity of batteries so that laptops, cellphones, ... > full story -
Study Outlines Supply Chain Challenges for Lithium Future
September 21, 2012 — As demand increases for lithium, the essential element in batteries for everything from cameras to automobiles, a researcher is studying potential disruptions to the long-term supply chain the ... > full story -
Giving Lithium to Those Who Need It
September 21, 2012 — Lithium is a ‘gold standard’ drug for treating bipolar disorder, however not everyone responds in the same way. New research finds that this is true at the levels of gene activation, ... > full story -
New Approach to Cosmic Lithium in the Early Universe
September 7, 2012 — Astrophysicists have explored a discrepancy between the amount of lithium predicted by the standard models of elemental production during the Big Bang and the amount of lithium observed in the gas of ... > full story -
Waste Silicon Gets New Life in Lithium-Ion Batteries
September 4, 2012 — Researchers have developed a way to make flexible components for rechargeable lithium-ion (LI) batteries from discarded ... > full story -
Building Ultra-Low Power Wireless Networks
August 29, 2012 — Engineering researchers have received funding to create distortion-tolerant communications for wireless networks that use very little power. The research will improve wireless sensors deployed in ... > full story -
Batteries Made from World’s Thinnest Material Could Power Tomorrow’s Electric Cars
August 22, 2012 — Engineering researchers have made a sheet of paper from the world’s thinnest material, graphene, and then zapped the paper with a laser or camera flash to blemish it with countless cracks, ... > full story -
Self-Charging Power Cell Converts and Stores Energy
August 21, 2012 — Researchers have developed a self-charging power cell that directly converts mechanical energy to chemical energy, storing the power until it is released as electrical current. The development ... > full story -
Ultra Low Power Analog-to-Digital Converter for Medical Devices and Wireless Sensor Nodes
August 20, 2012 — Researchers have developed an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that uses only 400 nW, the lowest power consumption reported to date amongst today's standard processing ... > full story
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