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Researchers use Common Salt to Develop Better Energy Storage Devices

High-quality energy storage materials can be obtained by growing them with as much surface area as possible. Similar to baking, this process requires an appropriate blend of a specific amount of ingredients prepared in a particular order at a suitable temperature, in order to develop a thin material sheet with completely correct chemical consistency that can be used to store energy.

25 Apr 2016

Innovative Technique Holds Potential for Making Superior Hybrid Battery Materials

A high-precision method of producing electrodes, developed by a group of researchers, would enable hybrid batteries that charge quicker than traditional ones and have a much better electrical capacity and extended stability.

22 Apr 2016

PNNL's New Rechargeable Battery Offers Inexpensive, Eco-Friendly Alternative for Storing Renewable Energy

A research team has unexpectedly discovered a rechargeable battery, which is as cheap as the standard car batteries, but with very high energy density. This new battery could be used as an alternative to support the power grid and store renewable energy in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner.

20 Apr 2016

Connah’s Quay Power Station Minimizes Operational Requirements with HACH’s LDO Monitoring Technology

Staff at Connah’s Quay Power Station have installed the latest luminescent optical dissolved oxygen (LDO) monitoring technology to minimise operational requirements whilst protecting the plant’s high value assets. An Orbisphere K1100 sensor from HACH now monitors DO continuously in the boiler water feed, requiring almost no maintenance or calibration.

From Hach Company 20 Apr 2016

Electric vehicles Get Lightweight Battery Pack

Outokumpu material experts, in collaboration with scientists from Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, in Germany, are working towards developing future-oriented stainless steel solutions. The recent invention is a new battery pack designed specifically for electric vehicles.

18 Apr 2016

New, Direct Way to Convert Gaseous Methane into Liquid Methanol

A new and direct method to transform gaseous methane into liquid methanol has been discovered by chemists at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute. This new discovery provides industry with a new method of using the gas, rather than the current method of burning it off.

18 Apr 2016

Researchers Analyze Relationship Between Thermoelectric Power and Electrochemical Potential in Thermoelectric System

New study highlights the role of electron diffusivity when turning waste heat into electricity

6 Apr 2016

New Reference Electrode Configuration Helps Evaluate Battery Performance During Cycling and Aging

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated that the design and placement of a tiny measurement device called a reference electrode enhances the quantity and quality of information that can be extracted from lithium-ion battery cells during cycling.

1 Apr 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Fabrication of Electrochemically Active Organic Lithium Electrode Thin Films

With people wanting to use smaller electronic devices, smaller energy storage systems are needed. Researchers of Aalto University in Finland have demonstrated the fabrication of electrochemically active organic lithium electrode thin films, which help make microbatteries more efficient than before. Researchers used a combined atomic/molecular layer deposition (ALD/MLD) technique, to prepare lithium terephthalate, a recently found anode material for a lithium-ion battery.

29 Mar 2016

Sandia-led Researchers Develop New Way to Make Magnetic Material That Could Lead to Better Iron Nitride Transformers

A Sandia-led team has developed a way to make a magnetic material that could lead to lighter and smaller, cheaper and better-performing high-frequency transformers, needed for more flexible energy storage systems and widespread adoption of renewable energy.

28 Mar 2016

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