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Lithium Battery Recycling Gets a Boost
The Department of Energy has granted $9.5 million to create the nation's first lithium-ion battery recycling facility aimed at reducing electric vehicle waste and trying to prevent a dependence on foreign lithium.
Date: 08/12/2009
Type: Blog, News
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: batteries, battery recycling, battery research, lithium-ion
Longer-Running Electric-Car Batteries
Researchers at Stanford and Hanyang University are developing silicon nanotube electrodes that could significantly increase charge capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Date: 09/23/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Transportation
Tags: battery research, electric vehicles, energy storage, lithium-ion, silicon
Low-power phase-change memory bits are positioned between carbon-nanotubes.
Low-Power Memory from Nanotubes
A new type of nonvolatile memory based on carbon nanotubes requires one percent as much power as flash memory and could improve battery life in mobile devices.
Date: 03/11/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: battery life, carbon nanotubes, flash memory, nanomaterials, phase change memory (PCM), transistors
Millimeter-Scale, Energy-Harvesting Sensor System Can Operate Nearly Perpetually
A 9 cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan is the smallest that can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually.
Date: 02/09/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Computing and Networks, Energy Conversion
Tags: battery, processor, solar
More Energy in Batteries
Nanowire anodes could let lithium-ion batteries in cars and laptops run twice as long.
Date: 11/06/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage
Tags: lithium ion batteries, nanotechnology
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.
Date: 05/19/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage
Tags: lithium ion batteries
Nanoparticle Enables World Record for Energy Storage in Batteries
Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC have developed a Li-ion battery in which its sulfur cathode is capable of storing five times more energy than today’s batteries.
Date: 01/16/2013
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: cathode, Li-ion battery, SLAC, Stanford University, sulfur cathode
Nanoscale Pillars Could Have a Big Role in Future Batteries
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory experimenting with tin and graphene have discovered a new way of structuring lithium-ion batteries so that they hold more energy.
Date: 08/02/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: graphene, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, lithium ion batteries, materials
Nanostructures Could Result In Cheaper Electric-Car Batteries
Chinese startup Wuhe is increasing the conductivity of lithium-iron phosphate by milling it into extremely fine nanoscale powders. This could cut battery-cell manufacturing costs by 10 percent.
Date: 07/12/2011
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries
Tags: batteries, nanostructures
Nanotechnology Sparks Energy Storage on Paper and Cloth
Stanford engineer finds a way to cheaply and efficiently manufacture lightweight paper batteries and supercapacitors.
Date: 02/22/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Batteries, Energy Storage
Tags: nanomaterials, supercapacitor

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