Keeping up with Exploding Lithium Demand In absolute terms, lithium is not particularly rare on Earth. It’s the 25th most abundant element, close to nickel and lead. Bolivia alo... Read more
Fluoride Shuttle Increases Storage Capacity Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) researchers have developed a new concept for rechargeable batteries. Based on a fluoride shuttle — t... Read more
M.I.T. researchers design a more energy-dense lithium-based battery. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come one step closer to replacing the lithium-ion batteries... Read more
Just as televisions have evolved from box sets to flat screens and telephones have progressed from booths to mobiles, imagine batteries so inconspicuous that one can see right through them.... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Coda Automotive revealed its battery electric sedan two weeks ago with a Webinar. On Sunday, I got a short test drive with the company’s president and chief executive, Ke... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The BYD Auto‘s new E6 is an ordinary looking sedan, which is not an bad thing for an electric car. The weird, boxy “green look” of so many of the pionee... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers at MIT have found that using specially treated thin layers of carbon nanotubes in batteries can boost the amount of power delivered per unit of weight by up t... Read more
A performance evaluation undertaken by Exponent Inc has revealed that EcoloCap’s Nano Lithium X Battery offers over 98 percent efficiency and has “the world’s highest energy density ou... Read more
Image by lennox_mcdough via Flickr For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs.... Read more
One laptop per child seems a simple slogan, chock full of benefit. What could go wrong when you put the power of the Internet and solar cells into the hands of children in the developing wor... Read more