Lithium-ion batteries with silicone anodes could store more energy
Lithium-ion batteries could store ten times more energy as now if they will be constructed with silicon anodes.
This improvement would eliminate the range issue...
Hybrid batteries to last forever
A lighter, greener, cheaper, longer-lasting battery. Who wouldn’t want that?
Researchers at Michigan Technological University are working on it. Actually, their design is a twist...
Silicon and graphene for better batteries
Imagine a cellphone battery that stayed charged for more than a week and recharged in just 15 minutes. That dream battery could be closer...
New Battery Design to Refuel the Existing Lithium-Ion Battery
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT revealed us a provocative discovery, an alternative to refuel the existing weak batteries for electric vehicles.
The...
ILEK to Build Plus-Energy House of the Future
The Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart has won First Prize in the architectural planning competition "Plus-Energy...
Cheap liquid batteries that could make renewable energy sources viable
The biggest drawback to many real or proposed sources of clean, renewable energy is their intermittency: The wind doesn’t always blow, the sun doesn’t...
Mobile Devices Battery Life Could Be Extended 100 Times Less Energy
Mobile devices could have a dramatically longer battery life, thanks to a new form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster than current memory...
Solar Power Stored as Thermo-Chemical Fuel
A new possibility to capturing and releasing solar energy is on the run by MIT researchers.
They are hopeful to do this with the help...
Lithium-Ion Battery That Heals Itself-A New Breakthrough of American Scientists
Scientists at the University of Illinois believe they've stumbled upon a breakthrough that could eventually lead to the development of a lithium-ion battery that,...
Self-repairing batteries in less than a millisecond
Imagine dropping your phone on the hard concrete sidewalk—but when you pick it up, you find its battery has already healed itself.
A team of...