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Aluminum-Ion Batteries Are Resurfacing
Aluminum-ion batteries are resurfacing after a long slumber. They look impressive on paper too. Aluminum can exchange three electrons per…
Artificial Intelligence And Battery Electrolyte
In its broadest sense, artificial intelligence (AI) is information acquisition and processing by machines, especially computers. Humans do these things…
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For several decades, battery scientists have searched for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Their reasons are numerous, although the pressing ones…
A community or neighborhood battery is a mid-range option, between a private UPS system and grid-scale battery energy storage. Recent…
It’s time to take a fresh look at the topic of heat batteries, as wind and solar demand more and…
MIT Technology’s e-mag, The Spark, cites an International Energy Agency report that global electricity demand is growing by 4% a…