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Zinc Battery Future for a Sustainable Economy
Zinc-carbon batteries trace their history to Leclanché cells, after Carl Gassner introduced a zinc sheet-metal-anode…
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Could Calcium Metal Become Next Lithium?
When baby boomers were kids their mothers gave them calcium tablets for strong teeth. This…
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Lithium Metal Battery Failure at Nano Level
Scientists at University of California, San Diego have made a breakthrough. This appears to discount…
Battery Experiments
Homopolar Motor Using a Rare Earth Magnet
A homopolar electric motor uses direct current between two opposing magnetic poles. We build such…
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Why Going Green Won’t Solve Our Battery Shortage
The global lithium-ion market is expected to reach $93.1 billion by 2025. Given this massive…
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Vanadium Is The World’s Most Important Metal
Vanadium isn’t exactly what we think of when we speak of technology. But it’s one…
Battery Basics
Prius Nickel Hydride Batteries Have Long Legs
When Toyota introduced the Prius Hybrid, it told Green Car Reports the secondary batteries were…
Battery Basics
Scrap Metal Fire in Tacoma: Battery-Related
Recycling Today has been bottoming out on what caused the fire in a scrap metal…
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Will Lithium Battery Performance Improve Now?
Will lithium battery performance be any better in practice, now that Ulsan scientists have found…
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Lithium-Metal Batteries, Are They For Real?
Many prophets arrive in times of dire trouble promising the earth salvation. Likewise, the battery…