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Popular Mechanics
December 20, 2007
Logan Ward |
New Nanowire Battery Life Reaches From iPods to Electric Cars Lithium-ion batteries that power most devices may soon be able to hold 10 times as much power.   |
Chemistry World
January 9, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Disorder opens up battery material field Better lithium-ion batteries that hold more power could be made by introducing disorder into their electrodes -- going against the prevailing wisdom on the best way to improve them. |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2010
Jon Cartwright |
Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models. |
Chemistry World
November 17, 2013
Tim Wogan |
Self-healing battery cracks anode fracturing problem US researchers have created battery anodes that heal themselves after they fracture, substantially prolonging battery life. |
Chemistry World
May 17, 2009
Jon Cartwright |
Carbon electrodes help form high capacity lithium-sulfur batteries Chemists in Canada have used a carbon framework to form an electrode in lithium-sulfur batteries that results in charge capacities several times greater than standard lithium ion batteries. |
Chemistry World
April 2, 2009
Jon Cartwright |
Biological battery powers up Scientists in the US have created a rechargeable 'lithium ion' battery with the help of a genetically programmed virus that acts as a scaffold for highly conductive electrodes. |
Chemistry World
November 25, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Silicon for better batteries A new silicon-based anode could greatly increase the storage capacity of lithium ion batteries - boosting the runtimes of devices such as laptops and mobile phones by up to seven times |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2013
Jeanne Therese Andres |
Long-life lithium sulfide batteries Scientists from the US and China have identified a polymer that makes lithium sulfide batteries last longer. |
Chemistry World
September 26, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Electric vehicles set to charge ahead 'There is a big effort to improve lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and largely the outcome will be dictated by how the consumer reacts,' says Daniel Abraham, a battery expert at the Argonne National Laboratory in the US. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2008
Frank Washburn |
Charging Into the Future Researchers are upgrading lithium ion and green-alternative batteries for increasingly power-hungry mobile devices. |
Chemistry World
November 2, 2015
Tim Wogan |
New lithium-air battery safe from water damage A lithium-air battery with superior efficiency and stability has been developed by researchers in the UK. |
Chemistry World
December 17, 2007
Jonathan Edwards |
Silicon Nanowire Boost for Rechargeable Batteries Scientists in the US have devised an easy way of using silicon nanowires to increase the capacity of lithium batteries. |
Chemistry World
March 11, 2011
Harriet Brewerton |
Drawing batteries Scientists in Japan have made an electrode for a lithium-air battery using a pencil. The advance could bring efficient, environmentally friendly and safe batteries for electric vehicles a step closer. |
Chemistry World
April 7, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Super-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium A new rival to the lithium-ion battery has been created that charges in under a minute and still performs almost perfectly after being recharged thousands of times. |
Chemistry World
March 31, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Water result for Li battery technology A new approach to alkali batteries, in which the cathode is dissolved in water that flows through the system, could overcome the limitations of currently available batteries |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2010
Mike Brown |
Lithiation through the lens Scientists have generated high resolution images of lithium ions being deposited on a single nanowire anode, revealing how the material grows and flexes in response to charge. |
Chemistry World
October 28, 2010
Carol Stanier |
Hybrid electrolyte for better batteries Safer, more durable batteries are the aim of a US team that has made a new, hybrid nanoparticle-ionic liquid electrolyte. |
Chemistry World
October 13, 2011
Fay Nolan Neylan |
Fluoride Shuttle Batteries Lift Off Scientists in Germany say that a rechargeable battery that works on the basis of fluoride transfer between electrodes could have a better storage capacity than current batteries. |
IndustryWeek
May 19, 2010 |
Nanocomposite Materials Offer Battery Boost New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests material could vastly improve performance of lithium-ion batteries for cars and electronics. |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Graphene and phosphorene upgrade sodium ion battery A new material comprising interspersed layers of graphene and phosphorene has been shown to be a more stable, more conductive and higher capacity anode for sodium ion batteries than previous materials. |
Chemistry World
February 23, 2011
Laura Howes |
Capsules for safer and more reliable lithium ion batteries Capsules coated onto electrodes could mitigate potential problems with lithium ion batteries by turning the batteries off when they overheat and 'healing' the electrodes when they crack and degrade, according to a researcher in the US. |
Chemistry World
May 10, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
New Electrode Material for High-Capacity Lithium Batteries US researchers presented details of a new electrode material for rechargeable batteries which, they claim, can store almost twice as much charge as conventional electrodes. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2011
Neil Savage |
Batteries That Breathe Using oxygen as a cathode could give lithium batteries 10 times the energy |
Chemistry World
April 7, 2011
Carl Saxton |
Power sources get flexible US scientists have designed an ultra-thin, flexible battery with the highest charge capacity reported for thin film cells. The battery can also be charged at a lower voltage than lithium ion batteries. |
Chemistry World
October 21, 2014
Katrina Kramer |
Firing up battery safety Lithium ion batteries are used in millions of electronic devices, but they are potentially hazardous. Researchers from the US and China have developed an early warning system to prevent such accidents. |
Chemistry World
June 12, 2014
Jennifer Newton |
Superelastic battery Lithium ion batteries that can be stretched by 600% have been unveiled by scientists in China. |
Chemistry World
February 10, 2015
William Bergius |
Next generation lithium -- sulfur batteries given DNA boost In a creative application of rational design, scientists in China have turned to nature to help overcome one of the key challenges facing the most probable successor to the lithium ion battery. |
Chemistry World
September 25, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Alkaline flow battery charges up renewable energy storage Scientists in the US have developed an alkaline flow battery that they hope will help to tackle the tricky problem of storing energy from renewable power sources such as wind and solar. |
Chemistry World
August 8, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Wet batteries power up The performance of water-based lithium-ion batteries has been greatly boosted by removing oxygen from the power cells, report Chinese researchers. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
The Truth About Fiery Laptops Lithium ion batteries are potential incendiaries, but they're all we've got. |
Chemistry World
April 25, 2013
Charlie Quigg |
Inorganic nanosheet to enhance batteries A graphene inspired electrode material that could help batteries hold more power has been developed by Chinese scientists. The large surface area of these cobalt oxide nanosheets is key to their electrochemical performance. |
Chemistry World
January 28, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Better batteries with nano-cables Nano-sized cables made with titanium dioxide-coated carbon nanotubes could hold the key to developing new high-capacity batteries, report chemists in Germany and China. |
Chemistry World
December 3, 2013
Emily James |
Lithium -- sulfur batteries ready to go the distance A non-stop trip from London to Paris in an eco-friendly car could soon be possible, if powered by the latest lithium -- sulfur battery created by scientists in the US. |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2007
Ned Stafford |
Electric Cars Hoping for Lithium Ion Revolution General Motors is betting that chemists are close to solving the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle puzzle, by developing rechargeable batteries that are safe, robust, long-lasting, and inexpensive. |
Chemistry World
April 3, 2014
Jennifer Newton |
Nanoporous anodes charge up Scientists in China and the US say a new anode material they have created represents a significant step forward in the development of long-life stationary lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage systems. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Samuel K. Moore |
A Rapid-Recharge Lithium Battery MIT scientists tweak lithium formula to let battery discharge in seconds |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2010
Andy Extance |
Reversing attraction shrinks car batteries Transforming the most important attractive force acting between molecules into a repulsive one could enable US scientists to nearly halve the size of lithium-ion batteries. |
Technology Research News
May 21, 2003 |
Magnesium batteries show mettle Researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel have developed rechargeable batteries made from magnesium, a cheap, abundant and relatively environmentally friendly metal. |
PC Magazine
December 21, 2005
Bill Howard |
Getting the Most from Your Batteries Batteries light up our lives and a whole array of devices. Here's how to choose and use them. |
Chemistry World
July 26, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Transparent Lithium Ion Batteries Make Electricity Generating Windows Possible Energy-harvesting windows are a step closer with the development of a transparent lithium ion battery. |
Chemistry World
March 11, 2009
Hayley Birch |
Super battery could power electric cars Scientists in the US have built a lithium based 'super battery' that releases its charge 100 times faster than a regular rechargeable. |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Super-thin batteries made from paper and algae Although the batteries have lower voltage and power density than conventional batteries, their low cost and flexibility hold great promise for applications where metal-based batteries are impractical. |
Chemistry World
July 3, 2012
Philip Robinson |
Triazine boosts polymer energy storage A team of scientists from Germany and Japan have presented a new principle for storing energy in lithium ion batteries using a porous polymer framework. This could give these new batteries double the energy storage of conventional lithium ion batteries. |
Chemistry World
April 21, 2015
Osman Mohamed |
Ultrasound test echoes with battery charge Researchers in the US have shown that ultrasound echoes can indicate density changes to provide a simple and non-invasive method for measuring charge within any battery. |
National Defense
October 2009
Jean & Erwin |
On The Road to More Fuel-Efficient Vehicles A123Systems, a lithium ion battery producer, has teamed with the Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop fuel-efficient vehicle technology. Funding for the joint project is being provided under the Recovery Act. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2008
Prachi Patel-Predd |
A Battery-Capacitor Hybrid for Hybrids Engineers give lead-acid batteries a makeover by crossing them with ultracapacitors. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Philip E. Ross |
Boeing's Battery Blues Despite fires in the 787's lithium-ion batteries, planes will become more dependent on electricity and batteries |
Technology Research News
March 26, 2003 |
On-chip battery debuts Researchers from Hosei University in Japan have taken a big step toward giving nano devices and biochips onboard power supplies. |
Chemistry World
September 8, 2011
David Bradley |
Seaweed extract gives lithium batteries a boost An extract from brown algae could give rechargeable lithium-ion batteries a boost by allowing silicon nanopowder to be used as a high-capacity alternative to graphite electrodes. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
Prachi Patel |
Batteries That Go With the Flow A new battery design promises to even out fluctuations in solar and wind power |
