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A Revolutionary Method to Fabricate Battery Electrodes Using Aerosol Jet 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing can be used to create porous electrodes for lithium-ion batteries; but, the design is restricted to a few architectures.

31 Jul 2018

Scientists Improve Performance Quality of Perovskites

Most common solar cells are fragile, thick, & stiff, which restricts their application to flat surfaces & increases the manufacturing costs.

27 Jul 2018

Super Catalyst for Making Fuels and Plastics Without Crude Oil

Researchers from the Ghent University have used computer simulations to discover a new material that efficiently changes methanol into building blocks for plastics and fuels.

10 Jul 2018

Artificial Superlattice Yields Higher Voltage and Improves Thermoelectric Conversion Rate

Enhancing material to convert wasted heat into usable electrical energy by confining the movement of spread electrons to a narrow space.

21 Jun 2018

Sodium-and Potassium-Based Batteries Could be Key for Smart Grid of Future

Products entering the market each year such as electric cars take advantage of the latest developments in battery technology.

21 Jun 2018

Building Better, Faster and Stronger Lithium Batteries

Knowing how lithium responds to pressure developed during a battery’s charging and discharging could result in safer, improved batteries.

30 May 2018

Potential Materials to Stabilize Lithium-Ion Battery with Record-High Capacity

New ways to stabilize a new battery with a record-high charge capacity has been discovered by researchers at Northwestern University.

30 May 2018

Researchers Measure Particle Movement Inside Lithium Ion Batteries Using 3D X-Ray Tomography

Since their introduction in the late 1990s, lithium ion batteries have greatly evolved. They find use in many day-to-day appliances, such as mobile phones, laptop computers, and medical devices, in addition to aerospace and automotive platforms, among others.

23 May 2018

MRI-Like Method for Detecting Flaws Within Batteries

A team of chemists has formulated an MRI-based method that can swiftly diagnose what affects certain types of batteries—from establishing how much charge is present to detecting internal flaws - without having to open them.

4 May 2018

Physicists Construct Motor and Energy Storage Device from Single Component

Physicists and material scientists have been successful in building a motor and an energy storage device from a single component. They used an elastic polymer fiber closed into a ring that was designed to rotate on the application of an external energy supply.

4 May 2018

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