Energy storage – Page 9
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ResearchBuy one get one free for energy storage
Researchers combine electricity storage and hydrogen production, enabling energy to be stored both short- and long-term
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ResearchFire-fighting lithium–ion battery doesn’t compromise on performance
Electrospun device can release flame retardants in the event of a battery short circuit or catastrophic damage
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ResearchBattery material could let people keep their cool
Nanoporous polyethylene clothes would be transparent to body heat, but reflect visible light
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NewsEdible batteries offer power without toxic metals
Melanin-based batteries could lead to safer ingestible medical devices
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NewsFungi eat up old batteries and spit out metals
Lithium and cobalt can be recycled from worn out lithium-ion batteries in low energy process thanks to fungal acids
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OpinionDon't bet against Elon Musk's electric car revolution
Tesla’s Gigafactory is set to be a milestone for electric vehicles
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Business
Total to buy Saft for battery boost
€950m deal pushes French oil giant deeper into renewables
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ResearchRechargeable first for promising battery tech
New cathode material makes for energetic, rechargeable sodium–carbon dioxide batteries that could power Mars vehicles
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ResearchDoped electrodes cram charge into supercapacitors
New devices can charge in seconds and could compete with batteries
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PodcastManganese dioxide
Brian Clegg paints a picture of a compound found in ancient cave paintings and top-of-the-range electronics: Manganese dioxide
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – November 2015
This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner, Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death
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ResearchNew lithium-air battery safe from water damage
Adding lithium iodide to battery electrolyte boosts stability and efficiency
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ResearchAlkaline flow battery charges up renewable energy storage
Non-toxic organic molecules may offer a low cost and safe alternative to acid-based electrolytes
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ResearchNew cathode material for sodium ion batteries
The fixed layered structure of the mineral eldfellite make it ideal for sodium in-plane diffusion
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ResearchGraphene and phosphorene upgrade sodium ion battery
Anodes containing 2D materials boost stability, conductivity and capacity
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ResearchBattery buffer takes the strain
Unconventional layered oxide that counteracts volume expansion in electrodes could help batteries last longer
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PodcastSodium sulfate
Brian Clegg on sodium sulfate, known as ‘the miraculous salt’ because of its strong laxative effects.
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ResearchBread leavening proves useful for energy storage
Scientists in China coin an industry-suitable recipe for hierarchically porous carbons