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Sugar Could Be The Sweetest Component in Our Batteries
Well, we know we like it in our coffee, but I’m not sure how having…
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Back to Basics with Lithium-Ion Batteries
Batteries work by exchanging units of energy we call ions between their electrodes. When they…
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Cobalt’s Role in Lithium-Ion Batteries
The chemical element cobalt appeared in Western chronicles in 1739. Although the Egyptian pharaohs tinted…
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Lithium Battery Final Part 4: Conversion
Nature.com believes we should combine conversion cathodes with silicon anodes in the next generation of…
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3D Printing Next Gen Battery Electrodes
The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University believes we could manufacture viable porous electrodes…
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Phasing Out Lithium Part 2: Cobalt Reserves
We are curating an article by Nature.com concerning replacing lithium batteries with other technology. Yesterday,…
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Will Fluorine Open a Lithium Life Extension Gap?
Fluorine is the lightest halogen gas and the most electro-negative element we know. It is…
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Solid-State May Potentially Replace Lithium-Ion
Lithium-ion batteries dominate the battery market. They are affordable, reliable, and effective. But is this…
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New Battery, Old Technology?
A new battery that was invented almost five decades ago is resurfacing in major ways.…
Battery Basics
Electrical Polarity: What Is This All About
The term ‘polarity’ refers to opposite poles, or contradictory tendencies. We could if we liked…