A supercapacitor to match lead-acid
Monash University researchers have brought next generation energy storage closer with an engineering first: a graphene-based device that is compact yet lasts as long as a conventional battery.
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Water-splitting hydrogen breakthrough
A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen…
A cheap substitute for platinum?
As in many areas of energy storage, hydrogen fuel cell research teams are expending a lot of time and brainpower on ways to replace expensive and rare elements with more ubiquitous catalysts. Crack that and…
Answer for direct solar hydrogen
With many auto manufacturers jumping on the fuel cell bandwagon, the question naturally arises: where is all this hydrogen going to come from? And the answer, according to the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne…
Lithium cells the size of rice
A video on Treehugger shows how scientists have produced lithium-ion batteries from a nozzle the width of a human hair. Although only ever likely to be used for small, low power gadgets, these minute batteries actually deliver enough…
Blowing in the right direction
A week after the suggestion by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that offshore turbines could store their excess energy through an underwater pumped hydro mechanism comes the news that a wind institute will be considering…
Graphene advance for Li-ion batteries
Graphene has been cited as the saviour of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries for a while now. As an incredibly thin substance, it can massively increase the surface area of an electrode and thus increase the energy…
NY-BEST to stage microgrid event
The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) is holding a one-day forum on energy storage and microgrids at the Pace University New York City Campus, on June 11. The cost is USD$100…