Energy storage – Page 9
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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
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ResearchZIF-8 disrupts ionic liquid deep freeze
Unusual ionic conducting framework retains conductivity at −20°C to open up a promising class of electrolytes
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ResearchElectricity harvested from magnetic noise
Magneto–mechano–electric generator could be effective power source for wireless charging
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Research
Exploding batteries caught on camera
Imaging used to capture exactly what goes on in a lithium-ion battery when a runaway chemical reaction occurs
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – May 2015
We find out how nanotoxicology could be holding back development, and ask if ‘patent or perish’ should be the new academic adage
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ResearchMicromotor catalyst powers up hydrogen production
Catalytic particles offer new cheaper and safer way of storing hydrogen for vehicles
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ResearchUltrasound test echoes with battery charge
Acoustic technique that measures physical changes could simplify battery tests
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ResearchSuper-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium
New battery charges in under a minute and still performs perfectly after being recharged thousands of times
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ResearchBounce denotes battery health
Physical changes as battery discharges correlated with bounce
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ResearchNanoporous methane storage – an impossible target?
Identifying performance limits for nanoporous materials highlights that current methane storage goals might be unrealistic