Engineering
University of Maryland researchers studying how lithium batteries fail have developed a new technology that could enable next-generation electric vehicles (EVs) and other devices that are less prone to battery fires while ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Transport is at a crossroads as we move away from filling our tanks with liquid fossil fuels and powering them up from battery charging points. However, the lithium-ion batteries that displaced those tanks have a finite lifespan ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Business
We are seeing the biggest changes in our energy and transport systems since industrialization. By 2026, global renewable energy generation is expected to match total fossil fuel and nuclear output. Building the wind and solar ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Engineering
An ultrathin braided wire in the core of an electrode increases the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, a team of researchers reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Batteries of this kind could ...
May 4, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team led by Prof. Ma Cheng from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed that the large resistance in Li-ion-conducting electrolyte is not caused ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Tremendous interest in high-security and high-energy batteries in energy-storage systems has led to the rapid development of all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs). However, the electrochemical performance of ASSLBs is ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Automotive
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board apparently have solved the mystery of why no one was found behind the steering wheel of a Tesla that crashed in a Texas two years ago, killing two men.
Feb 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A joint research team led by Professors Lee Hong-kyung, Lee Yong-min, and Lee Ho-chun of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) has developed a new ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The transportation sector is one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, and, as a result, emitter of greenhouse gases. Cleaner alternatives based on wind and solar to power the sector are needed, in addition to high-capacity ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Microelectronics play an important role in the devices we use every day like LED string lights, smartphones, and safety-critical applications such as cars or airplanes. Contact of these small electric components with corrosive ...
Jun 9, 2022
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