Energy Storage

High-performance lithium ion batteries face a major problem: Lithium will eventually start to run out as batteries are deployed in electric cars and stationary storage units.

If you add quantum dots - nanocrystals 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair - to a smartphone battery it will charge in 30 seconds, but the effect only lasts for a few recharge cycles.

Researchers have developed a new technology that promises to extend the life of a lithium-ion battery by 40 to 60 per cent.

Valence Technology has received DNV-GL marine certification for its U-Charge XP batteries and battery management system. They are the first Lithium battery supplier to gain accreditation through the new combined DNV-GL body.

Scientists have developed a new way of making fuel cell membranes using nanoscale fasteners, paving the way for lower-cost, higher-efficiency and more easily manufactured fuel cells.

Scientists have found that lithium ion batteries operate longer and faster when their electrodes are treated with hydrogen.

Storing electric power for days when the air is still or when the sun goes down remains a challenge, largely due to cost.

The world's largest 2nd-use battery storage unit will soon go into operation in the Westphalian town of Lünen.

This article is the second of our series on advanced and post lithium-ion technologies. This article will focus on the silicon anode batteries technologies and markets

Hybrid electric vehicles, cell phones, digital cameras, and the Mars Curiosity rover are just a few of the many devices that use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Now a team of researchers has a simple mathematical formula to predict what factors most influence lithium-ion battery aging.

Intelligent and smart sensors are used for measuring various parameters that increase our knowledge of ourselves and of the environment around us.

The market for electric vehicles is growing rapidly while existing electric parts are multiplying.

XALT® Energy emerged from the former Dow Kokam, LLC (originally founded in 2009) to become an innovator in energy storage technologies based on the advanced lithium ion chemistry.

A new design strategy has emerged for making batteries flexible.

Each year IDTechEx Research releases its up-to-date market report on graphene and related materials, "Graphene, 2D Materials and Carbon Nanotubes: Markets, Technologies and Opportunities 2015-2025". Our latest up-to-date analysis show that the graphene market will reach nearly $200m at the material year.

Interfacing with machines undergoes a constant evolution, allowing for wider adoption of computing devices over time, as interaction becomes more "natural". According to IDTechEx Research, smartglasses are bringing about the next big step in this ever-changing space.

The NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies develops and employs nano-enabled energy harvesting, energy storage, nanodevices and sensors to create innovative battery-free, body-powered, and wearable health monitoring systems.

Researchers have successfully demonstrated how several of the problems impeding the practical development of the so-called 'ultimate' battery could be overcome.