Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA (a Hanergy company) and PowerOasis of Swindon, UK are partnering to develop the first reference design for integrated solar and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery power systems for small unmanned aerial vehicles ...
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Toyota Motor has developed the world's first method for observing the behavior of lithium ions (Li-ions) in an electrolyte when a Li-ion battery charges and discharges. By using this method, it is possible to observe in real-time, the ...
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Delta Electronics Inc. of Taiwan, a major maker of power supply products that has been aggressively developing new-energy businesses, said earlier that it is scheduled to kick off mass production of lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable ...
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Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) will start trading on the Emerging Stock Board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on December 23, with a planned listing price of $55 (US$1.74), according to the company. PSI was founded in 1997 as a ...
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Three researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia have developed supercapacitors, which can be embedded into a car's body panels, roof, doors, bonnet and floor to fast track charging of electric battery. ...
As tracked by market research company IDTechEx and further explained in the recently updated report “Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors: SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a ...
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New York-based start-up Paper Battery Company is partnering with one of the world’s largest specialized battery pack manufacturers TWS Industrial to commercialize the company’s breakthrough ultrathin ultracapacitor technology ...
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Sodium-ion batteries offer an attractive alternative to Li-ion batteries not because they outperform Li-ion batteries, but mainly because of lower costs due to the the nearly unlimited supply of sodium. They are also an attractive ...
Tags: Li-ion batteries, ACS Nano, 2-D materials
Michael Lippert, of Saft Energy Storage Systems, explains how the SmartRegion Pellworm project will enable an island off the North Sea coast of Germany to increase self-consumption of its own renewable energy Pellworm Island presents a ...
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Solvay and Shanghai 3F New Material Co.,Ltd. announce that they have agreed to establish a production joint venture in Changshu (Jiangsu province, China) to serve the fast-growing Asian market with high performance fluorinated polymers. ...
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Corporates playing in the solar and energy storage segments have long dreamed of combining the two complementary technologies to differentiate products and defend margins. This symbiotic match shows promise, yielding a US$2.8 billion market ...
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With class-leading noise rejection of 8 mA – twice that of most comparable instruments – and enhanced software filtering that has four user-selectable options, Megger's new S1 series 5 kV and 10 kV dc insulation resistance ...
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In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. For example, on 31 December 1895, Ogden Bolton Jr. was granted U.S. Patent 552,271 for a battery-powered bicycle with "6-pole brush-and-commutator direct current ...
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Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced Li-Ion battery fuel gauge integrated circuit, called the bq27421, which improves battery run-time in portable medical devices. Using TI's proven Impedance Track advanced battery technology, the ...
Worldwide capacity of Li-ion batteries for Electric vehicles applications is expected to soar ten times from 4,400 megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2013 to nearly 49,000 MWh by 2020, according to a new report by Navigant Research. According to the ...