How a battery material works
MIT team uncovers a reason why the hottest new material for rechargeable batteries works so well.
Since its discovery 15 years ago, lithium iron phosphate...
Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage
The biggest challenge with hydrogen-powered fuel cells lies in the storage of hydrogen: how to store enough of it, in a safe and cost-effective...
$2 million award to provide clean energy to clean vehicles efficiently
The two-year project, supported by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and involving a number of public and private partners, will build solar...
Self-repairing batteries in less than a millisecond
Imagine dropping your phone on the hard concrete sidewalk—but when you pick it up, you find its battery has already healed itself.
A team of...
Hydrogen and graphene
Graphene has engendered high expectations whereof its extreme properties depend on the fact that it consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms.
However the...
IBM develops lithium-air battery to overcame 100 miles range
The range covered by electric vehicles remains the most important issue.
Today’s lithium-ion batteries are much better than NiMH batteries, but don’t offer enough energy...
How to recharge the hydrogen safely, quickly and affordably
One day, U.S. roads could hold large numbers of cars and trucks powered by hydrogen, but issues around recharging the hydrogen, or filling the...
Portable power systems based on hydrogen
Developments by hydrogen researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) are paving the way for the successful development...
Kohl’s Charging Stations for its customers owners of electric vehicles
Under a pilot project Kohl will install electric vehicle charging stations across the America in more than 33 of its stores in Florida, California,...
Apple to power its gadgets with fuel cells
Two Apple patent applications published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that company is interested in fuel cells.
The titles of the applications...