Hot Topics
Must Batteries Always Be Small?
Are we obsessed with the need to make smaller, and smaller battery cells with more and more power? Smaller is…
Two Ways to Make Lithium Batteries Safer
Dr Matthew Priestley is an associate lecturer at Energy Systems Research Group at University of New South Wales, in Australia.…
WHAT'S NEW
Battery Basics
How Do Batteries Self-Discharge Gradually?
All batteries progressively lose their store of energy even when not in use. This is why we should test idle…
Battery Basics
Town Council Regulates Lithium Batteries
Riverhead is a town in Suffolk County of New York, on the north shore of Long Island. Its population of…
Battery Basics
Electric Vehicle Range Extender Applications
Having a range extender in a hybrid electric car, means we can travel short distances without using the primary gasoline…
Battery Technical
Lithium-Ion Battery Mechanics Under Spotlight
A research team has used ultra-bright x-rays to probe the inner workings of lithium-ion battery mechanics. The team, under guidance…