Nov

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New Material Conducts Electricity Like Metal But Is Not

November 1, 2022 | Leave a Comment

Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… University of Chicago scientists have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more like a metal. This could be very important as the breakthrough could point the way to a new class of materials in the polymer field for electronics and other devices. The […]

Sep

12

Polymer Electrolyte & Electrodes Improve Lithium Batteries

September 12, 2019 | Leave a Comment

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte. The growing popularity of lithium-ion batteries in recent years has put a strain on the world’s supply of cobalt and nickel, two […]

Dec

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New Polymer May Solve the Hydrogen Storage Problem

December 1, 2016 | Leave a Comment

A Waseda University research group has developed a hydrogen-carrying polymer, which can be molded as a tangible, safe, and compact plastic sheet. The Tokyo research group’s newly developed a polymer can store hydrogen in a light, compact and flexible sheet, and is safe to touch even when filled with hydrogen gas. Although research and development […]

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