IBM develops lithium-air battery to overcame 100 miles range
The range covered by electric vehicles remains the most important issue.
Today’s lithium-ion batteries are much better than NiMH batteries, but don’t offer enough energy...
Nanocrystals can be charged more rapidly than batteries
Researchers have discovered a universal technique for stripping nanocrystals of tether-like molecules that until now have posed as obstacles for their integration into devices.
These...
PowerTrekk- Portable Battery Charger and Fuel Cell
PowerTrekk is a pocket size, lightweight charger for users who spend time away from the electricity grid.
Providing instant power anywhere, PowerTrekk uses advanced fuel...
Aerogel To Improve Robotic Surgery
A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing.
University of Central Florida Associate Professor Lei Zhai and postdoctoral...
Greener lithium-ion batteries for electronic devices and electric vehicles
The proliferation of portable consumer electronics such as computers, cell phones and e-book readers combined with expected expanded production of hybrid and all-electric vehicles...
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery the Key to Improve Energy Efficiency of Each Photovoltaic System
A study on the use of lithium-ion batteries about energy storage device in photovoltaic system is on the run at the Southampton University.
The research...
Scientists to develop liquid-based hydrogen storage material
University of Oregon chemists have developed a boron-nitrogen-based liquid-phase storage material for hydrogen that works safely at room temperature and is both air- and...
Liquid Metal Batteries Could Lead to Power Storage Breakthrough
Researchers create an all-liquid-metal battery that could allow alternative power schemes to flourish and three more breakthrough technologies that the U.S. Department of Energy...
The Simplest Thermal Energy Storage Systems
According to Powermag the UK start up the simplest thermal energy storage systems consisting in two large containers at the opposite temperatures connected by...
Carbon nanotubes in lithium batteries improve energy capacity
Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT. They found that using carbon...