Nov

25

The Ocean Could Be a Fuel Cell

November 25, 2014 | Leave a Comment

Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have developed a new energy conversion and storage system using seawater for the cathode in a fuel cell. We’ve seen that sodium can serve as an alternative to lithium in rechargeable batteries. That’s because the reversible […]

Mar

19

Antimony Studied For High Performance Batteries

March 19, 2014 | Leave a Comment

ETH Zürich researchers have succeeded in producing uniform antimony nanocrystals and testing them as components of laboratory batteries.  The nanocrystals are able to store a large number of both lithium and sodium ions, operate at high rates and may eventually be used as alternative anode materials in future high energy-density batteries. The materials hunt is […]

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