New Approach to Processing Lithium for Batteries
A Vancouver start-up claims to have come up with a way to help reduce the cost of new lithium-ion battery technologies.
Tesla’s Elon Musk Knocks Dreamliner Batteries
Boeing is frantically trying to save face in the wake of several electrical failures and at least one fire on several of its its much ballyhooed 787 Dreamliner airliners. Authorities in the U.S. and Japan are currently investigating the fires, and now one of the world’s best known inventors has chimed in by criticizing the battery technology onboard the planes.
Built-In Batteries Reduce Weight
When we covered the Lola-Drayson electric race car a few months ago, I focused on the recycled and flax-based composites used in the chassis. One element of the design I didn’t get into at the time was the innovative use of “structural batteries” incorporated into the vehicle. Continue reading
Spray-On Battery Technology in Development
In the quest for better energy storage, researchers have investigated all manner of thin, flexible battery technology, power sources based on kinetic energy, and even batteries integrated into clothing. How about batteries you can paint onto any surface? According to research published in the June 28 issue of Scientific Reports, new “spray-on” battery technology could potentially turn any surface into an energy storage device. Continue reading
Silicon Nanotubes Could Boost Li-ion Battery Life
We’re always happy to hear about any advancements that can improve the performance of rechargeable batteries — particularly if those advancements could make lithium ion batteries robust enough for transportation and renewable energy storage applications.
A group of researchers at Stanford published a paper in March in the journal Nature Nanotechnology describing their work using silicon, as opposed to graphene, as an anode material in lithium ion batteries. While silicon has a larger charge storage capacity, it has inherent properties that make it less stable than graphene, which limits the lifecycle of silicon anodes to hundreds of cycles. Continue reading
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- Siemens to Integrate Altair HyperWorks
- iBASEt Introduces Integration Package for Creo and Windchill
- Rasterex Releases RxView and RxHighlight R14.1
- Mechatronic Integration for Wiring Harness Development and Manufacture
- SEAL Swim Band Team Dives Into Pool of Design Challenges
- PTC Live Global 2013: This is Your Car, Reminding You to Change Oil
- Intel Haswell Signals Shifting Focus with Mobile Readiness and Power Efficiency
- COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b Introduces Single-Window Integration with Inventor and Excel, Five New Modules
- Dassault Acquires Apriso to Stake Out Manufacturing Operations Turf
- Additive Manufacturing Produces Microbatteries
- MIT 3D Prints Bone
- Amazon Launches 3D Printer Sales Department
- Autodesk’s Tinkercad Deal: A Boon to 3D Printer Adoption?
- Optomec Launches LENS 450 Metal 3D Printer
- Rapid 2013 Day 2: The State of the Additive Manufacturing Industry
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