Apr
11
Forecasting the Useful Life Of Lithium Ion Batteries
April 11, 2019 | 1 Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Scientists at Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Toyota Research Institute have found how to accurately predict the useful lifespan of lithium-ion batteries, used in devices from mobile phones to electric cars. Its an advance that could accelerate battery development and improve manufacturing. If manufacturers of cell-phone batteries could tell which […]
Mar
20
Solid Polymers Developed To Stop Battery Fires
March 20, 2019 | 1 Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Cornell University scientists’ new research advances the design of solid-state batteries, a technology that is inherently safer and more energy-dense than today’s lithium-ion batteries, which rely on flammable liquid electrolytes for fast transfer of chemical energy stored in molecular bonds to electricity. By starting with liquid electrolytes and then transforming them into solid polymers […]
Feb
26
A Sodium Ion Battery Boost Found
February 26, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Nagoya Institute of Technology scientists have found the desirable component for sodium-ion batteries (SIB), which could contribute to boost SIB performance such as speed of charge. While lithium-ion batteries are currently popular, it is expected that a new storage chemistry will be found soon, because lithium is not only expensive but limited in supply. […]
Jan
17
Research Shows How Lithium Ion Batteries Can Get Better
January 17, 2018 | 1 Comment
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium-ion batteries – the most common type of battery used to power cell phones and electric cars. As a model battery generated electric current, the scientists witnessed the concentration of lithium inside individual nanoparticles reverse at a certain point, instead of constantly increasing. This discovery, […]
Dec
20
Better Charging Rate of Lithium Ion Batteries
December 20, 2017 | 1 Comment
A new insight into battery charging is a technique capable of determining lithium metal plating during lithium ion battery charging that supports development of improved electric vehicles. The new technique developed by researchers at Technische Universität München, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and RWTH Aachen University, published in Elsevier’s Materials Today, provides a unique insight into how the […]
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