Energy & Green Tech
As industries across the country begin the transition to renewable energy, the demand for batteries, and therefore lithium, is projected to rise dramatically. But, with much of the global lithium supply located outside of ...
Aug 17, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Clean and efficient energy storage technologies are essential to establishing a renewable energy infrastructure. Lithium-ion batteries are already dominant in personal electronic devices, and are promising candidates for ...
Aug 16, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries are common in many self-powered devices. However, once a battery is discharged, it is no longer usable and is discarded. According to estimates, nearly 15 billion batteries are produced ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at Boise State University have developed a new approach to making novel lithium-ion battery materials. Starting from an amorphous (i.e., a material lacking long-range order) niobium oxide, the team discovered ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Silicon is the second most abundant element on earth, making up a hefty 27.7% percent of the earth's crust. Apart from its ability to create sandy beaches and clear glasses, silicon also holds the potential to make highly ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
New, easily fabricated, high performance carbon microlattice electrodes could soon be used to make cheaper batteries powered by readily available sodium ions. The approach was published by Tohoku University researchers and ...
Aug 4, 2022
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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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Energy & Green Tech
As more drivers adopt plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, the demand for lithium-ion batteries will continue to explode over the next decade. But processes for extracting lithium can be time-consuming and chemical-intensive, ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A crucial but poorly-studied parameter that dictates battery performance is the migration barrier. It determines the rate at which ions move through an electrode inside the battery, and ultimately the rate at which it charges ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Most energy storage systems (ESSs) have recently adopted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), with the highest technology maturity among secondary batteries. However, these are argued to be unsuitable for ESSs, which store substantial ...
Jul 25, 2022
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