Plant Dye Purpurin Creates Eco-Friendly Battery
Purpurin (1,2,4-Trihydroxyanthraquinon), a nontoxic dye used to color fabric in vivid oranges, reds, and pinks, could also be used to create eco-friendly, sustainable, lithium-ion batteries….
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Silicon-Based Anode Shows Significant Improvement Over Current Graphite Anodes
Scientists at Rice University, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, are working on next-generation battery technology, reporting the creation of a silicon-based anode that easily achieves…
ALS Reveals Fundamental Reactions behind Advanced Battery Technology
Scientists used the Advanced Light Source at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California to test a novel solid-state version of a lithium-air battery, studying…
Using X-Ray Imaging to Help Improve Lithium-Sulfur Battery Technology
In an effort to improve the cycle life of lithium-sulfur batteries and to find new ways to develop commercially viable lithium-sulfur batteries for electric vehicles,…
Macroporous Silicon and Pyrolyzed Polyacrylonitrile form High Performance Anodes
By detaching a freestanding macroporous silicon film from the underlying bulk silicon and combining it with pyrolyzed polyacrylonitrile, researchers have found a way to make…
SOFC that Converts Hydrogen into Electricity Also Capable of Battery-Like Storage
Using a bilayer of platinum and VOx for the anode, Harvard scientists have demonstrated a solid-oxide fuel cell that converts hydrogen into electricity and can…
Spray Paint Battery Can be Painted on Virtually Any Surface
By using spray-painted layers, each representing the components in a traditional battery, researchers at Rice University have developed lithium-ion batteries with consistent capacities that can…
Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes May Eventually Replace Expensive Platinum Catalysts
Researchers at Stanford University have found a way to help reduce the cost of catalysts used inside fuel cells. By using multi-walled carbon nanotubes riddled…
Double-Walled Silicon Nanotube Battery Shows Promise
New silicon battery technology is a major step forward in creating smaller, lighter and longer-lasting batteries. The new design contains a double-walled silicon nanotube coated…
Zinc Anode Battery System, Alternative for Nickel Cadmium Batteries
Researchers at the CUNY Energy Institute have developed an operating prototype zinc anode battery system. Designed to be non-toxic, and reliable with fast discharge rates…
Automated System Has Promising Uses in Battery and Fuel Cell Production
Newly published research from Yale University engineers describes a technique that may be influential in developing and understanding new methods for rapidly creating battery electrodes…
Nanowires Covered in Nanoparticles Boost Performance
By “decorating” nanowires with nanoparticles, engineers at Stanford University were able to greatly improve surface area, resulting in increased electrical and catalytic performance. The hope…
Liquid Battery Design Utilizes Heat from Charging and Discharging
Using MIT students as his team, MIT professor Donald Sadoway is set to make his liquid-battery concept a reality. Based on floating layers of high-temperature…
Researchers Study Flow Batteries Containing Metal-Based Ionic Liquids (MetILs)
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratory have discovered a new family of liquid salt electrolytes, known as MetILs, that could lead to future batteries with three…
Researchers Design Inexpensive Liquid Batteries with Distinct Layers
Researchers at MIT are pursuing inexpensive battery technology that will help make intermittent renewable energy sources viable. They are researching high-temperature batteries whose liquid components…
Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries Could Lead to Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Energy
Researchers at the University of Southampton and REAPsystems have found that using lithium iron phosphate batteries as the storage device for photovoltaic systems have the…
Researchers Uncover Why Lithium Iron Phosphate Works So Well
It took five years of research, but researchers at MIT now have a better understanding of lithium iron phosphate’s behavior. By studying how the material…