Jan
7
Lithium Sulfur Batteries Ready For Commercial Prototyping
January 7, 2020 | 2 Comments
Australia’s Monash University researchers have developed the world’s most efficient lithium-sulfur battery, capable of powering a smartphone for five continuous days. The prototype cells have been developed in Germany. Further testing in cars and solar grids is to take place in Australia during 2020. The researchers have a filed patent on the manufacturing process, and […]
Nov
22
A Flexible Folding Paper Supercapacitor
November 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Elsevier is reporting that a team of researchers from the Plasma Physics Research Centre, Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran, have discovered a way of making paper supercapacitors for electricity storage. At one sheet thick, these new supercapacitors can bend, fold, flex, and still hold electricity. The team’s research paper […]
Feb
11
EEStor Lives!
February 11, 2013 | 6 Comments
Now two weeks out from a press release EEStor has met the goal of getting under the radar of the media. A quick look at Google News finds almost nothing. Still, the stockholders of Canada’s Zenn Motors are thrilled. Zenn is a “hibernating” company now, as its electric car building has long since ceased. The […]