Energy & Green Tech
In the quest to be able to store renewable solar and wind energy on the electric grid to be used at times when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing, scientists are investigating a number of different types of ...
Nov 29, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for three hours.
Nov 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Accelerating demand for renewable energy and electric vehicles is sparking a high demand for the batteries that store generated energy and power engines. But the batteries behind these sustainability solutions aren't always ...
Sep 1, 2022
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Engineering
While scientists have hoped that rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries could be developed into a viable alternative for grid storage applications, engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago and their colleagues ...
Aug 9, 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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Energy & Green Tech
Batteries do the heavy lifting to store excess solar energy on power grids for use after sundown, but to operate, they also rely on pricey elements like platinum.
May 5, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Zinc-air batteries, which produce electricity through a chemical reaction between oxygen in the atmosphere and zinc, are considered to be next-generation candidates to meet the explosive demand for electric vehicles instead ...
Apr 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has found a way to make batteries using zinc instead of lithium ions but without the issues traditionally associated with zinc. In their paper published ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Rechargeable zinc metal batteries (RZMBs) could be a viable alternative to lithium ion batteries, which are currently used to power many types of electronic devices, as well as electric vehicles. Recent studies suggest that ...
Energy & Green Tech
A research team led by Dr. Joong-Kee Lee of the Center for Energy Storage Research has developed a next-generation secondary battery that uses zinc metal as an electrode without any risk of explosion or fire. This battery ...
Sep 2, 2020
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