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Battery500 Consortium Aims to Create Next-Generation Lithium-Metal Batteries for Electric Cars

Electric cars with significantly smaller, lighter and less expensive batteries could be on the horizon if a new national research effort achieves its ambitious goal of significantly improving upon the batteries that power today's electric vehicles.

28 Jul 2016

Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Increase Capacity of Lithium Ion Batteries

The National Science Foundation has awarded $200,022 to a research team led by Likun Zhu, an associate professor of mechanical engineering with the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, to overcome problems with one approach to increasing the capacity of lithium ion batteries.

30 Jun 2016

Novel Methods to Make Hydrogen Fuel from Water and Optimize Grid-Scale Batteries

A Stanford University research lab have created unique technologies designed to handle two of the biggest energy challenges facing mankind today. One is grid-scale energy storage, and the other is clean fuel for transportation. The researchers illustrated their findings in two research studies published in the Science Advances and Nature Communications journals.

20 Jun 2016

Researchers Successfully Recover Important Metals from Battery Waste with Nearly 100% Purity

Researchers have succeeded in recovering important metals – lithium, cobalt and nickel – from battery waste with nearly 100 per cent purity. Recovered metals will be needed increasingly in the manufacture of batteries, and in the future especially in batteries of electric vehicles.

3 Jun 2016

Toshiba to Field Test Cable-Free Rechargeable SCiB Lithium-ion Battery on Medium-Sized EV Bus

Toshiba Corporation has developed a fast, cable-free contactless charger for electric vehicles (EV) , and will field test it on a medium-sized EV bus designed to handle the power demands of regular high-speed journeys on expressways. Field tests will start from June 1 and continue until December.

1 Jun 2016

New Approach to Design Liquid Battery Using Passive, Gravity-Fed Arrangement

A novel approach in designing a liquid battery by means of a passive, gravity-fed arrangement that is comparable to an old-fashioned hourglass could be advantageous in many ways owing to the simple design, operation, and low cost of the system, according to a group of MIT scientists who have created a demo version of this novel battery.

26 May 2016

New Synthesis Method for Organic Radical Re-Chargeable Batteries Functioning at Below-Freezing Temperatures

Transporting power sources in the coldest places may be easier with a new re-chargeable, non-metallic battery from Japan. This "eco battery" could provide portable sources of power in environments like refrigerated factories or extreme winter environments.

23 May 2016

New ITE Bio-Battery Uses Blood Glucose to Produce Energy

Researchers at the Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (Technological Institute of Energy, ITE) are working on the creation of a bio-battery that uses blood glucose to produce energy. Such a battery would cut down on the number of surgical interventions a pacemaker user must undergo.

2 May 2016

Researchers Use Bacteria to Develop Rechargeable Battery

The growing need for renewable energy sources has led to a demand of new methods that help to store the resulting energy in an inexpensive and environment friendly manner. In the latest issue of ACS’ journal, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, scientists have reported the development of a first-of-its-kind rechargeable battery driven by bacteria.

7 Apr 2016

Researchers Aim to Develop Battery and Solar Cell Hybrid from Two Single Systems

In the FFG project SolaBat, TU Graz is entering almost new research territory. Photovoltaic cells are to be combined into one device with electrochemical energy storage systems.

1 Apr 2016