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New concept for lithium-air batteries
May 07, 2023 (SPX)
Now a newly launched collaborative research project in which a team from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, led by chemist Professor Dr. Gunther Wittstock is...
Recycling of valuable metals from spent lithium ion batteries using spinning reactors
May 03, 2023 (SPX)
Recycling lithium batteries requires extensive use of hydrometallurgy, a branch of metallurgy involving aqueous solutions. Briefly, the used battery is dismantl...
Dyson plans new battery plant in Singapore
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
At the size of 53 basketball courts, Dyson said the new plant was expected to be fully operational by 2025 and would be its most significant investment in advan...
Breakthrough in waste heat to green energy
May 02, 2023 (SPX)
"We have developed a unique materials design that can push the conversion efficiency of thermoelectric devices up to 15%," said Wenjie Li, assistant research pr...
How solid air can spur sustainable development
May 01, 2023 (SPX)
The world is undergoing an energy transition to reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have further ...
Is the ocean a solution for ushering in the era of environmentally friendly energy?
May 01, 2023 (SPX)
Recently, a research team led by Professor Changshin Jo (Graduate Institute of Ferrous and Energy Materials Technology (GIFT), Department of Chemical Engineerin...
Dalian develops 2D pseudocapacitive multi-electron reaction lithium storage material
May 01, 2023 (SPX)
However, the vanadium phosphates suffer from unsatisfactory performance, especially for high rate capability due to the bulk diffusion process and low intrinsic...
UK power firm facing probe of climate claims
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
The group confirmed a report in the Financial Times, which said Ofgem was examining BBC claims over wood procured from Canada, to assess whether Drax complied w...
Progress in alternative battery technology
Apr 26, 2023 (SPX)
Water-based Zinc batteries offer a promising alternative to these lithium-ion batteries. An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich has now devised ...
Germany wary of heat pump business sale to US group
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
US group Carrier Global said Tuesday it had agreed to purchase German group Viessmann's core climate business for $12 billion (10.9 billion euros). The purchase...
Tiny biobattery with 100-year shelf life runs on bacteria
Apr 20, 2023 (SPX)
Last fall, Binghamton University Professor Seokheun "Sean" Choi and his Bioelectronics and Microsystems Laboratory published their research into an ingestible b...
China's CATL unveils battery planned to power planes
Apr 19, 2023 (AFP)
The world's biggest maker of batteries for electrical vehicles made the announcement at the Shanghai Auto Show and said it would also launch a version for cars ...
Fish-inspired, self-charging electric battery may help power space applications
Apr 11, 2023 (SPX)
Joseph Najem, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, will lead the project to create an energy source capable of powering satellites, came...
Underground water could be the solution to green heating and cooling
Apr 10, 2023 (SPX)
"We need storage to absorb the fluctuating energy from solar and wind, and most people are interested in batteries and other kinds of electrical storage. But we...
New 'smart layer' could enhance durability and efficiency of solid-state batteries
Apr 10, 2023 (SPX)
The researchers found a way to manipulate the internal the flow of electrons within the battery to prevent a common problem called "lithium dendrite growth". Th...
Team finds major storage capacity in water-based batteries
Apr 10, 2023 (SPX)
These batteries are different from lithium-ion batteries that contain cobalt. The group's goal of researching metal-free batteries stems from having better cont...
Tesla to build battery plant in Shanghai: state media
Apr 09, 2023 (AFP)
The factory, which will have an initial capacity of 10,000 Megapack units per year, is expected to "start production in the second quarter of 2024", according t...
Novel supercapacitor for energy storage applications
Apr 02, 2023 (SPX)
Most of these devices are currently powered by batteries. However, over time, these batteries lose their ability to store charge and therefore have a limited sh...
Recycling of batteries: 70% of lithium recovered
Mar 31, 2023 (SPX)
Lithium-ion batteries are omnipresent in our life. They are not only used for wireless power supply of notebooks, smartphones, toys, remote controls, and other ...
Canada revs up its EV batteries manufacturing
Mar 30, 2023 (AFP)
Its efforts appear to be paying off with companies such as Volkswagen and Stellantis opening plants and more than Can$18 billion (US$13 billion) in investment a...
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