Energy & Green Tech
As the climate crisis looms, scientists are racing to find solutions to common clean energy problems, including solar energy storage. Solar energy is one of the best renewable resources we have, but it has challenges that ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Taibai Li, Xiang Ge, and their colleagues from School of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University have reported the efficient closed-loop recycling of the cathode material lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) of lithium-ion batteries ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The increased uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and home batteries comes with its own environmental and sustainability problem—what to do with the batteries at the end of their lifespan?
Jun 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
An international team, which included Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from France, the United States, and Switzerland, found out why energy losses occur during the charge-discharge cycle in lithium-ion batteries ...
Jun 21, 2022
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Engineering
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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Energy & Green Tech
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 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have successfully increased the lifespan and stability of solid-state lithium-ion batteries, creating a viable approach for future widespread usage.
Jun 8, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
When temperatures fall below freezing, cellphones need to be recharged frequently, and electric cars have shorter driving ranges. This is because their lithium-ion batteries' anodes get sluggish, holding less charge and draining ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Recently, electric vehicles (EVs) are seen everywhere, from passenger cars to buses to taxis. EVs have the advantage of being eco-friendly and having low maintenance costs, but their owners must remain wary of fatal accidents ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In a breakthrough, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators have discovered how next-generation solid-state batteries fail and devised a novel strategy to make these batteries last longer ...
Jun 2, 2022
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