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Energy researchers show off innovations

Energy researchers show off innovations

...What's the best battery chemistry after lithium ion batteries? PolyPlus Battery is working on lithium air and lithium seawater... Read more

4 March, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Hybrid storage to combine battery and ultracapacitor

...hybrid storage device that combines the attributes of an ultracapacitor with a lithium-ion battery. Ultracapacitors are the unsung cousins of batteries in energy storage... Read more

15 November, 2010 by Martin LaMonica
ARPA-E innovators push clean energy

ARPA-E innovators push clean energy

...water batteries that promise a big jump in the storage capacity of lithium ion batteries. The company has developed a material that will allow batteries... Read more

10 March, 2012 by Martin LaMonica

Electrode material holds promise of 30-year batteries

...discharge cycles while still maintaining an 80-percent capacity. By contrast, the lithium-ion batteries used in consumer electronics degrade noticeably after only a few... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Polymer gel promises flexible lithium-ion batteries

...laptops, cameras, mobile phones, music players and their ilk — use cell-based lithium-ion batteries as their power source. The Leeds design gets rid of... Read more

11 September, 2011

Graphene-based supercapacitor to rival lithium-ion

...to make a supercapacitor that stores as much energy as the best lithium-ion batteries (for the same weight) but which can still be recharged... Read more

26 November, 2010

Lithium-ion batteries recharge in 10 minutes with graphene boost

...can massively cut the amount of time it takes to recharge a lithium-ion cell – from two hours or so down to just 10 minutes... Read more

19 July, 2010

Batteries boosted with silicon-graphene layers

Researchers have found a way to make lithium ion batteries hold a charge ten times greater than they do at... Read more

17 November, 2011

Graphene supercharges Li-ion life expectancy

...in Singapore have succeeded in incorporating graphene into the anode of a lithium-ion battery, a breakthrough that could dramatically improve the life expectancy of... Read more

17 January, 2011

HP pitches all-in-one Officejet 150 at road warriors

...print service. In addition to mains power, HP said the long-life lithium ion battery can print up to 500 pages from a single full... Read more

10 May, 2012

Want batteries fit for the Grid? Just add copper

...its original charge capacity through 40,000 recharge cycles. By contrast, traditional lithium-ion batteries can usually be recharged around 400 times before deteriorating beyond... Read more

28 November, 2011

Scientists create super low-density material

...possibilities, according to HRL, include: electrodes that could increase how much energy lithium-ion batteries can store and lower their manufacturing costs; air-cooling devices... Read more

21 November, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Bose and Red5 products make smartphone music public

...that turns on some outward-facing 40mm speakers powered by a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery. The headphones are designed to stand upright on a flat... Read more

16 September, 2011

Chilean power plant to get giant battery

...Lithium ion battery company A123 Systems announced on Monday that it will supply... Read more

8 February, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

AVM Fritz!Fon MT-F

...based features such as the baby monitor and alarm function. The 750mAh Lithium-ion battery has a claimed standby time of 180 hours, and talk... Read more

7 February, 2011

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