batteries
Smart Chip Warns You If Your Battery Is About To Catch Fire
A smart chip using electrochemical thermodynamics measurements could help extend the lives of batteries and warn of potential malfunctions.
Could Candle Soot Power Electric Vehicles?
Just ten kilograms of fractal-like carbon nanoparticles from candle soot is sufficient for the battery of an electric vehicle, researchers say.
Changing Elements Boosts Battery Storage Capacity
Electrochemically inactive lithium oxides can be modified into high capacity electrodes for rechargeable batteries, study says.
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Tubular Batteries Pack More Power
A ceramic membrane that enables the separation of CO2 from CO could facilitate the development of carbon fuel batteries.
Keeping Li-S In Its Place
Researchers have developed a method of containing Li-S, paving the way for more compact rechargeable batteries.
Charge In Two Minutes, Use 6,000 Times
Scientists have developed a nanotube-based battery that can be charged for 6,000 cycles, extending its lifetime to twenty years.
Asian Inventions Dominate Energy Storage Systems
Asian companies lead the pack in terms of number of patents awarded for energy storage technologies.
Beating Lithium-Ion Batteries Flat
Common elements such as sodium and iron could replace rare-earth metals in batteries of the future.
