A team led by Dr. Fabio La Mantia, junior group leader of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s (RUB) “Semiconductor and Energy Conversion”-group, has planned to commence an aqueous lithium-ion battery development project in March 2012.
Panasonic has reported that the company will provide lithium-ion battery cells to the hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles of Ford Motor. C-Max hybrid electric and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrids, Ford Fusion Energi and Ford Fusion Hybrid Electric are the upcoming models. Panasonic battery cells along with a gasoline engine will be utilized in these models.
A study by a research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has explained the mechanism behind the formation of water droplets during condensation and ways to design harvesting surfaces at the nanoscale to accelerate the formation of these droplets.
BASF has announced that it will purchase Merck’s electrolytes business for high-performance batteries. Merck is a chemical and pharmaceutical company in Germany.
Next Alternative’s Chief Executive Officer, Robert Ireland has announced that the company’s emulsion-fuel or NAI-Fuel is one of the most powerful formulas, thanks to the utilization of carbon nanotubes.
BASF has declared that it has purchased Michigan-based Ovonic Battery, a leader in Nickel-Metal hydride (NiMH) battery technology and producer of cathode active materials (CAMs) for this type of battery. The company has a battery materials research plant in Michigan.
China BAK Battery, a manufacturer of lithium-based battery cells, has inked a supply agreement with Chery Automobile, a China-based company, on February 10, 2012.
Researchers at MIT have developed a potential new technology for leveling the load in renewable energy sources. Intermittency of clean and renewable energy is a major disadvantage. Addressing this issue by leveling the erratic supplies will help increase the viability of these energy sources.
Vorbeck Materials has won the Department of Energy (DOE)’s award for top innovators. The company is one among the three winners of America’s Next Top Energy Innovator Challenge, a competition conducted by DOE.
Scientists from Cambridge University, New York University and Stony Brook University have developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based method to examine a battery. This new method can potentially enhance the performance of the battery and safety by studying its internal functioning.
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