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Researchers One Step Closer to Making Seawater Battery

As lithium-ion batteries are widely used in smartphones and other rechargeable devices, it is hard to imagine replacing them. However, the increasing lithium price has induced a search for alternatives.

8 Dec 2016

Researchers Discover New Alternative for Battery Power Storage

New materials offering an alternative to battery power has turned out to be a major scientific advancement that has proven to be between 1,000-10,000 times more powerful than the currently available battery alternative - a supercapacitor.

6 Dec 2016

New Man-Made Diamond Capable of Producing Small Electrical Current

A new technology that uses nuclear waste in order to generate electricity in a nuclear-powered battery has been developed.

28 Nov 2016

Saint Jean Carbon to Build High Powered Lithium-Ion Battery Using Recycled Material

Saint Jean Carbon Inc., a carbon science company engaged in the design and build of energy storage carbon materials, is pleased to announce that Saint Jean Carbon and their battery manufacturing partner will build a high powered full scale lithium-ion battery with recycled/upcycling material from an electric car power pack and the upcycled anode material from Saint Jean Carbon.

25 Nov 2016

Stanford Study Reveals Battery Electric Cars Reduce Emissions Better Than Fuel Cell Vehicles

Electric vehicles running on batteries would be a better investment than hydrogen fuel cells in a number of communities.

15 Nov 2016

Highly Concentrated Electrolytes Help Improve Cycle Life of Sodium-Oxygen Batteries

The demand for an efficient battery is greatly increasing as there are numerous electronic products such as laptops, smartphones, and electric cars in the market today.

8 Nov 2016

Chemists Build High-Functioning Electrode Material with Promising Characteristics in Dual-Ion Batteries

Oregon State University chemists have identified that one or more organic compounds that belongs to a family of pollutants can potentially contribute to an important advancement in manufacturing cost-effective and reliable batteries.

19 Oct 2016

ULB Researchers Increase Electricity Self-Sufficiency Using Lead-Acid Batteries and Solar Panels

In Belgium, photovoltaic systems coupled with lead-acid batteries do not guarantee the electrical self-sufficiency of a residence at a reasonable cost.

13 Sep 2016

Engineering Undergraduate from Lancaster Discovers Improved Mechanical Storage Solution

An engineering undergraduate from Lancaster University has discovered a new storage solution that has the potential to provide the missing-link required for a renewable energy revolution.

3 Aug 2016

Water Increases Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

Perovskite solar cells are becoming major players in the field of photovoltaics. The efficiency of these cells has increased to more than twice of their initial levels in less than a decade.

28 Jul 2016