Findings could lead to better performance in lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, medical equipment and aircraft.
Energy
Two insulating perovskites conduct when together
Lanthanum aluminum oxide and strontium titanium oxide make conducting system when sandwiched together – Stanford researchers have investigated why.
Oak Ridge battery could give standard tech a run for its money
New all-solid sulfur-based battery outperforms lithium-ion technology.
Patent awarded for li-ion battery fire-suppression system
LithFire-X has been awarded patent protection for a system to contain and extinguish lithium ion battery fires in electric energy storage configurations.
Nanoscale interface improves Li-ion battery electrodes
Scientists from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China develop high-performance electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Buffalo researchers to examine hydrogen fuel production
Two scientists have received a grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to devise a new method for gleaning hydrogen fuel from water.
Nanoengineering boosts heat to energy conversion
Nanoengineering boosts semiconducting material’s ability to convert heat into power by 200 percent and its electrical conductivity by 43 percent.
Block copolymers make better solar cells
Solar cells created by laboratories at Rice and Pennsylvania State universities could open the door to research on a new class of solar energy devices.
Solar Cells as Inexpensive as Paint?
Organic photovoltaic materials may lead to solar cells that produce more power and cost less.
How will nanotech improve electric vehicle batteries?
“Cradle to grave” study of advanced Li-ion batteries recently completed by Abt Associates for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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