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Argonne Policy Favors Lead Acid Batteries
The Argonne National Laboratory is a national science and engineering research center. Although the University…
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Battery Basics
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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Reverse Engineer Carbon from CO2 Gas
Coal-fired power stations are simple things, although they do leave immense problems behind. The polluting…
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Laser Charging Airplane Batteries: Update
The University of Washington published a report on February 20, 2018 regarding laser charging a…
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Generating Electrcity from Bacteria is Now a Thing!
Bacteria technology: perhaps the biggest oxymoron you’ve ever heard of. But apparently, bacteria have more…
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U.S. Army Inspires Water-Based Zinc Battery
Alessandro Volta assembled the first battery in 1800 using zinc as anode, and copper for…
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The SEI Layer Inside Lithium Batteries Explained
For two centuries, scientist believed a battery comprises just three components: two electrodes with an…
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X-Ray Microscopy Reveals Battery Secrets
Sometimes it seems to us that scientific research is random because we have detailed photographs…
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Batteries That Can Get Really Cold to -70 C
Lithium batteries do not perform well as temperature falls as low as -70 Celsius. This…
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Batteries Bearing on Coal Consumption
Batteries bearing on coal consumption is complex, according to scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology.