Energy Storage

The IDTechEx Show! in Berlin, 27-28 April has over 40 companies exhibiting that are involved in energy harvesting from the materials to the chips.

Research teams have produced a cost-effective catalyst material for fuel cells using a new preparation process which they analysed in detail.

In the second of a five part series of articles on thin, flexible, printed and micro-batteries, IDTechEx analyst Xiaoxi He focuses on the applications of these batteries within the wearable technology sector.

IDTechEx attended the second innoLAE conference, which took place on the 1st and 2nd of February 2016 in Cambridge (UK). It was organised by the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large-Area Electronics.

IDTechEx interviewed Hong Choi, the CTO/R&D Manager at Kopin corporation. Kopin span out of MIT over 30 years ago, and has been developing microdisplay technologies, starting with a $55m DARPA project in the early 1990s. Today, the company is focused on the wearable technology market, and particularly on near-eye computing. This profile also mentions their work on high-capacity, SiO-C anode lithium-ion batteries, developed with Hitachi Maxell.

Scientists have a new recipe for batteries: Bake a leaf, and add sodium.

Scientists have been trying for years to make a practical lithium-ion battery anode out of silicon, which could store 10 times more energy per charge than today's commercial anodes and make high-performance batteries a lot smaller and lighter.

In the first of a five part series of articles on thin, flexible, printed and micro-batteries, IDTechEx analyst Xiaoxi He gives an overview of the broad application sectors and markets that batteries with new form factors serve.

ALISE is a pan European collaboration focused on the development and commercial scale-up of new materials as well as understanding the electrochemical processes involved in Lithium Sulfur technology.

Video interview with Will Zell, CEO of Nikola Labs at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA event.

Researchers have helped prove that a new prototype is powered by a surprising chemical reaction that may solve the new battery's biggest drawback.

A lithium-ion battery that self heats if the temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit has multiple applications, but may have the most impact on relieving winter "range anxiety" for electric vehicle owners, according to a team of researchers.

Established on December 25th 1997, Tianjin Lishen Battery Co., Ltd. is a hi-tech company that specializes in the technological development, manufacture and sales of Li-ion battery for consumer electronics, power tools, transportation and energy storage systems.

A123 Systems, LLC, founded in 2001, develops and manufactures advanced Nanophosphate® lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and energy storage systems that deliver high power, maximize usable energy, and provide long life, all with excellent safety performance.

Video interview with Fraunhofer IIS from the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA exhibition, part of the IDTechEx Show!

Scientists are improving the lifetimes of rechargeable batteries that run on lithium, a small atom that can pack tightly into graphite anode materials.

IDTechEx visited Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) Ltd UK on 18 Jan 2016. They met with CEO Nick Pascoe with Robert Palmer, investor and PR, also present.

The International Lead Association (ILA) now runs the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Corporation (ALABC) and it is repositioning it to basic research at the request of its members.

The two most promising current candidates for cars are fuel cells, which convert the chemical energy of hydrogen to electricity, and rechargeable batteries.

Researchers have developed the first lithium-ion battery that shuts down before overheating, then restarts immediately when the temperature cools.