Feb

12

Coating Those Troublesome Lithium Ion Cathodes and Anodes

February 12, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Rice University engineers have built full lithium-ion batteries with silicon anodes and an alumina layer to protect the cathodes from degrading. By limiting their energy density, the batteries promise excellent stability for transportation and grid storage use. The slim layer of the metal oxide applied to common cathodes by engineers at Rice University’s Brown School […]

Sep

21

Progress For Silicon Anodes In Lithium Ion Batteries

September 21, 2016 | Leave a Comment

A Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) team of researchers claims to have made yet another step towards finding a solution to accelerate the commercialization of silicon anode for lithium-ion batteries. A new approach developed by a team of researchers, led by Prof. Jaephil Cho (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering) could hold […]

Sep

13

Algae To Make Better Batteries

September 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

Think alginate, that you may have met quite intimately if you’ve had dental impressions made – the gooey, but not sticky substance that was in the tray which formed to match your teeth.  Alginate or more accurately the sodium alginate, the sodium salt of alginic acid, is derived from Macrocystis pyrifera algae, which is also […]

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