Energy & Green Tech
Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. Cells using these electrolytes and conventional ...
Apr 22, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
News policies and broader subsidies are needed to help lower-income buyers afford used electric vehicles, according to a Rutgers study.
Apr 19, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Zinc-air batteries are an inexpensive, powerful battery alternative that can be used on a small scale to power electronics or on a large scale for electric vehicles or energy storage. These batteries work when oxygen from ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-sulfur batteries can potentially store five to 10 times more energy than current state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries at much lower cost. Current lithium-ion batteries use cobalt oxide as the cathode, an expensive ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Engineering
A research team, jointly led by Professor Seok Ju Kang and Professor Hyun-Wook Lee in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST, has successfully developed a novel binder technology that promises to revolutionize ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The use of lithium metal as the anode for batteries is one of the smarter options with better energy density than other materials. However, the interface between the electrode and electrolyte has quite a few issues that can ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The demand for high-performance batteries, especially for use in electric vehicles, is surging as the world shifts its energy consumption to a more electric-powered system, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and prioritizing ...
Aug 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have other practical uses that might surprise you. Scientists at ...
Jun 28, 2023
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Engineering
An international team of researchers, including nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego, has uncovered nanoscale changes inside solid-state batteries that could offer new insights into improving battery performance.
Apr 28, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) has announced the development of the design and process technology for the world's first battery electrode that significantly improves the performance and stability of batteries ...
Jan 27, 2023
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