Energy Storage

Researchers have invented a single tiny structure that includes all the components of a battery that they say could bring about the ultimate miniaturization of energy storage components.

Researchers have invented a single tiny structure that includes all the components of a battery that they say could bring about the ultimate miniaturization of energy storage components.

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A car powered by its own body panels could soon be driving on our roads after a breakthrough in nanotechnology research.

The market for hybrid and pure electric cars homologated as such is set to be $188 billion in 2025 according to IDTechEx analysis.

Rice University scientists who want to gain an edge in energy production and storage report they have found it in molybdenum disulphide.

First was the significant investment from the materials community but now the equipment industry has turned its attention to printed electronics as a growth opportunity.

Korea's LG Chem, will start construction of their new electric-car battery plant in Nanjing, China, to meet growing demand in the world's biggest car market.

Samsung recently showed off a rollable flexible battery that can be wrapped around your wrist, potentially opening doors for manufacturers in the wearable market.

Graphene NanoChem and Sync R&D have entered into an agreement to develop a 'next generation', graphene-enhanced lithium-ion battery for electric buses.

Electric and hybrid vehicles for construction, agriculture and mining will be a $30 billion market in 2025.

Maxwell Technologies Incorporated has announced a joint development agreement with Corning Incorporated with the goal of advancing the state of capacitive energy storage technology by addressing the challenges frequently cited by ultracapacitor customers, including energy density, lifetime, operating environment, form factor and cost.

The 5th IDTechEx conference and tradeshow on graphene and 2D materials- Graphene and 2D Materials LIVE! - has become the annual meeting place for the global graphene industry in California.

Rapidly improving supercapacitors have been replacing lithium-ion batteries in many applications. The construction of supercapacitors is far simpler than batteries and there is every reason why the expensively-prepared, inherently low-cost supercapacitor materials and assembly technology should not continue to drop sharply in cost.

New world record: Scientists increased the manufacturing speed of electrode foils coated batch-wise by a factor of three - to 100 meters per minute.

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is a nonprofit R&D organization engaging in applied research and technical services. Founded in 1973, ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan's economy from a labor-intensive industry to a high-tech industry. Numerous well-known, high-tech companies in Taiwan, such as leaders in the semiconductor industry TSMC and UMC, can trace their origins to ITRI. IDTechEx visited ITRI and this is our report.

Scientists have discovered exceptional properties in a garnet material that could enable development of higher-energy battery designs.

Structural electronics (SE) is one of the most important emerging technologies this century.

Structural electronics (SE) is one of the most important emerging technologies in this century.