Researchers in Australia have developed a polymer-based electrolyte material that significantly improves sodium metal battery design, This new design is intended to replace lithium ion batteries in applications such as electric vehicles and cell phones. Traditionally sodium batteries have provided less energy density and fewer charge/discharge cycles than lithium ion. Sodium batteries built with this …
Research firm that among other things is working on a reactor design called Mu*STAR, designed to burn nuclear waste as fuel. Thermal spectrum Molten salt Uranium fuel Website
Scientists in Sweden have developed a specialized fluid, called a solar thermal fuel, that can store energy from the sun for well over a decade. The article and paper are from 2018. It’s not clear where this has gone since then. Article Paper
Scientists have developed a stretchable, breathable, lead-free perovskite/polymer nanofiber composite for hybrid triboelectric and piezoelectric energy harvesting. Essentially a fabric that can produce electricity from movement of the wearer. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202200042 Source: Ebatco Nano newsletter
Engineers at MIT and the Technical University of Munich have designed a new kind of glucose fuel cell that converts glucose directly into electricity. The device is smaller than other proposed glucose fuel cells, measuring just 400 nanometers thick, or about 1/100 the diameter of a human hair. The sugary power source generates about 43 …
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When temperatures fall below freezing, cellphones need to be recharged frequently, and electric cars have shorter driving ranges. This is because their lithium-ion batteries’ anodes get sluggish, holding less charge and draining energy quickly. To improve electrical performance in the extreme cold, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have replaced the traditional graphite anode in …
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