Scientists offered using methanol in power generation for electric cars
Technology is economical, safe, environmentally friendly, and energy-efficient
Ural Federal University
Professors at Ural Federal University (UrFU, Russia) Sergey Shcheklein and Aleksey Dubinin have developed a...
The hidden culprit killing lithium-metal batteries from the inside
First-of-their-kind snapshots reveal byproduct crippling powerful, experimental cells
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- For decades, scientists have tried to make reliable lithium-metal batteries. These high-performance...
Ensure safe behavior under perceptual uncertainty
Bridging the gap between uncertain perception and reality in controller software design
Research Organization of Information and Systems
A research team consisting of Tsutomu Kobayashi, Ichiro...
Backscatter breakthrough runs near-zero-power IoT communicators at 5G speeds everywhere
Low-cost, low-power devices work over mmWave and use a single transistor to transfer high-volume data anywhere
Georgia Institute of Technology
The promise of 5G Internet of...
Altered microstructure improves organic-based, solid state lithium EV battery
University of Houston
Ethanol solvent boosts battery energy density, a step toward better EVs of the future
Only 2% of vehicles are electrified to date, but...
Bacteria can recover precious metals from electric vehicle batteries – here’s how
Sebastien Farnaud, Coventry University
There are more than 1.4 billion cars in the world today, and that number could double by 2036. If all those...
Semiconductor technology mitigates fire risk in electric vehicle batteries
Convergence of semiconductor physics and electrochemistry leads to effective inhibition of dendrite formation using semiconducting passivation layers
National Research Council of Science & Technology
Despite rapid...
Stabilizing gassy electrolytes could make ultra-low temperature batteries safer
University of California - San Diego
A new technology could dramatically improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries that operate with gas electrolytes at ultra-low temperatures....
Electrochemical cell harvests lithium from seawater
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
Lithium is a vital element in the batteries that power electric vehicles, but soaring lithium demand is...
An attractive cheap organic material for batteries
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)
A new report by Skoltech scientists and their colleagues describes an organic material for the new generation of...
