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More Energy in Iron-Based Batteries
Rechargeable iron-based batteries use iron metal as their key active material in their electrodes. Working…
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Supercharging New Lithium Batteries
Scientists at SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report significant benefits from supercharging new lithium batteries before they…
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Ventilation Conditions and Thermal Runaway
Battery thermal runaway is an incendiary condition, during which battery internal temperature increases uncontrollably. The…
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Sodium Is Still Lagging Behind Lithium
Sodium is still lagging behind lithium as a key battery material, in terms of raw material cost…
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The Origins of Lithium Battery Chemistry
Batteries evolved down several centuries through the cumulative efforts of many people, most of whose…
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Voltage Pulses Restore Li-Si Capacity
Lithium-silicon batteries – or Li-Si in its chemistry short form – use silicon-based anodes and…
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Resting a Battery Restores Lithium-Metal
Flat batteries in our flashlights appeared to work for a short while, twenty-four hours later…
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Battery Research Using Machines at Stanford
Looking back at battery history we realize how slow-moving battery research really is. Gaston Planté…
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Lithium Battery Lifespans are More Certain Now
Scientists at Stanford University had an interesting thought. What if, they asked we could accurately…
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Will Nickel-Iron Batteries Make a Come Back?
Waldemar Junger invented two batteries in 1899 in Sweden. These used nickel-cadmium, and nickel-iron technology…