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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Now, researchers at the University of Cambridge report developing a new in situ method to probe batteries with silicon electrode and determining what causes the expansion to take place. Artist: Rees Rankin (CNM) Researchers: Maria Chan (CNM), Chris Wolverton (Northwestern University), Jeff Greeley (CNM) Click to enlarge. Resources.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2013

A team from the University of Science and Technology Beijing is proposing a new super-valent battery based on aluminium ion intercalation and deintercalation. Sodium-ion and magnesium-ion batteries, as new energy storage systems in portable devices, have attracted much attention of the investigators. Wang et al. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have developed a new direct borohydride fuel cell (DBFC) that shows a peak power density of 663 mW·cm -2 at 65 °C (149 °F)—an increase in power density by a factor of 1.7 Scientific Reports 2, Article number: 567 doi: 10.1038/srep00567. Source: Ma et al.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has discovered an entirely new form of crystalline order that simultaneously exhibits both crystal and polycrystalline properties, which they describe as “interlaced crystals.”. CIS is a bit more complicated. Pennycook & Sokrates T.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Researchers at WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), The University of Warwick (UK) have developed Silicon-Few Layer Graphene (Si-FLG) composite electrodes as an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries. A cross section of the silicon and FLG together in an anode.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

The team, led by scientists from Harvard University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, employed a microfluidic assembly technique to produce microcapsules that contain liquid sorbents encased in highly permeable polymer shells. Hardin IV of Harvard University; and Elizabeth Glogowski of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC led by Stanford associate professor Yi Cui have used a sulfur–TiO 2 yolk–shell design for a cathode material for a lithium-sulfur battery that achieved an initial specific capacity of 1,030? (c) Nature Communications 4, Article number: 1331 doi: 10.1038/ncomms2327. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 14, 2021

But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health. Kaushal, S.S.,

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MARCH 23, 2016

In this latest work, Sadoway and postdoc Takanari Ouchi, along with Hojong Kim (now a professor at Penn State University) and PhD student Brian Spatocco at MIT showed that calcium, an abundant and inexpensive element, can form the basis for both the negative electrode layer and the molten salt that forms the middle layer of the three-layer battery.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2025. This chemically rearranges seawater molecules (hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium chloride) based on their constituent ions charge, resulting in the production of an acid (hydrochloric acid) and a base (sodium hydroxide). The acid stream is added to the original 99.5

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AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. — Herya and Sundaresan. Travis Herya and Sundaresan (2016).

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Plug In India

MARCH 31, 2023

​In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources. ​Our only plea to you is to listen to scientists and research papers rather than random YouTubers, Whatsapp university and paid anti EV Media. 1] No EV Owner denies this.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2022

Universal Images Group/Getty Images. In 1876, Thomson had received a scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College, and four years later he graduated with a degree in mathematics. Cathode rays, vacuum tubes, and the birth of atomic theory. Exactly 125 years ago, the British physicist J.J. Karl Ferdinand Braun.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Despite not being a vector for automotive reporting, it’s probably the best article I’d read on the subject of headlight safety in years. In other words, you had incandescent light bulbs at home, and you had fluorescent lights in your office and sodium lights on the streets, and nothing really changed very much. Everything is LED.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea). Related Articles Chrysler May Dodge the Banking Bullet Quick Read Apr 28, 2009 Group 1 Automotive Inc. market b y the end of 2009.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

lithium-iron phosphate , lithium-ion phosphate , lithium-sulfur , lithium-metal , and sodium-ion among many others , not to mention solid-state batteries , as a way to alleviate some of the material supply and cost problems. In the next article in the series, we will look at whether the grid can handle tens of millions of EVs.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2024

Its lab tests revealed that most were variations of salt mixtures, such as sodium and magnesium sulfates. percent sodium sulfate (Glauber’s salt, a horse laxative) with the remainder being water of hydration (water that’s been chemically treated to form a hydrate). National Bureau of Standards stepped in.

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