Energy & Green Tech
In a discovery that could reduce or even eliminate the use of cobalt—which is often mined using child labor—in the batteries that power electric cars and other products, scientists at the University of California, Irvine ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The world needs cheap and powerful batteries that can store sustainably produced electricity from wind or sunlight so that we can use it whenever we need it, even when it's dark outside or there's no wind blowing. Most common ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use of renewable energy.
Apr 9, 2020
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Automotive
Tesla is turning to Mozambique for a key component in its electric car batteries in what analysts believe is a first-of-its-kind deal designed to reduce its dependence on China for graphite.
Jan 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A new rechargeable high voltage manganese dioxide zinc battery, exceeding the 2 V barrier in aqueous zinc chemistry, is the latest invention by City College of New York researchers. With a voltage of 2.45-2.8V, the alkaline ...
Aug 20, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs) are the electrochemical energy storage systems of choice for a wide variety of applications, however other types of emerging battery technologies are currently on the path to share their ...
Sep 22, 2020
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Automotive
As their company was swirling around the financial drain in the early 2000s, General Motors executives came up with an idea to counter its gas-guzzling image and point the way to transportation of the future: an electric ...
Feb 23, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A rechargeable battery technology developed at the University of Michigan could double the output of today's lithium ion cells—drastically extending electric vehicle ranges and time between cell phone charges—without ...
Aug 15, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
With lithium prices over five times higher than they were a year ago, researchers from Skoltech and Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a material for sodium-ion batteries that offer an alternative to the increasingly ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Engineering
America's growing demand for electric vehicles has shed light on the significant challenge of sustainably sourcing the battery technology necessary for the broad shift to renewable electric and away from fossil fuels. In ...
Feb 10, 2022
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