Magnetic material could help monitor battery life
A new study shows how a magnetic material can be used to help monitor the amount of life left in a rechargeable battery before it needs to be recharged.
Jun 14, 2022
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News tagged with battery materials
Energy & Green Tech
Tailoring defects in a hard carbon anode to enhance Na storage performance
Currently, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have achieved worldwide attention as advanced energy storage systems for commercial electronics and electric vehicles. Nevertheless, low abundance and uneven distribution of lithium ...
Jun 08, 2022
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Automotive
Ford CEO sees electric vehicle price war as EV costs decline
Ford's chief executive says he expects the cost of building electric vehicles to fall to the point that in coming years automakers will be battling each other for sales of EVs priced around $25,000.
Jun 01, 2022
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Robotics
A quadcopter that works in the air and underwater and also has a suction cup for hitching a ride on a host
A team of researchers at Beihang University, working with colleagues at Imperial College London and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, has developed a quadcopter drone that is capable of flying ...
May 19, 2022 report
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Energy & Green Tech
Next generation lithium-sulfur battery solves the loss of sulfur problem
The research outcome of Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) related to "low-cost and flexible high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries" was recently published on the front cover of the journal Small.
May 12, 2022
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Engineering
Algae-powered computing: Scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell
Researchers have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year—and counting—using nothing but ambient light and water. Their system has potential as a reliable and renewable ...
May 12, 2022
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Research team charges on with 'power suit' as a new battery for electric cars, spacecraft
University of Central Florida scientists are charging on with an experimental battery capable of reinventing how automobiles and spacecraft are made.
May 04, 2022
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Making materials for the next generation of electric car batteries
As drivers around the world switch to electric cars, new batteries that can store more energy, translating to longer driving distances before a car needs recharging, can't come soon enough. But researchers at NTNU have discovered ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Sulfonamides make robust cathode material for proton batteries
Proton batteries are an innovative and environmentally friendly type of battery in which charge is carried by protons, which are positively charged hydrogen ions. A team of researchers has now developed organic sulfonamides ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Self-standing mesoporous Si film can power lithium-ion batteries
This film electrode does not need carbon additives and binders to connect particles like typical slurry-based electrodes, but it still exhibits excellent battery performance. The success of this electrode design provides ...
Mar 31, 2022
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