Battery and Energy Storage

    Frequency Inverters for Conveyor Technology Applications

    The large power range, up to 22 kW, is characteristic for the frequency inverters. In addition, the NORDAC FLEX SK 205E is compact and...

    Load-shifting Potential of Heat Pump Water Heaters for Energy

    A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) research team has gained new insights about heat pump water heaters (HPWHs), an energy-efficient technology that extends the...

    Toyota to Slash EV Costs by Half

    Toyota outlined a battery development push aimed at slashing costs and increasing battery lifespan. The automaker plans to spend $13.5 billion on battery development...

    Identifying and Tracking Lithium-ion Battery Degradation

    An international team of researchers has devised a method to detect the degradation mechanism of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are seen as the...

    Flexible Origami-based Tubular Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell

    The miniaturization of electronics has resulted in an ever-increasing global market for portable devices. Correspondingly, it has become necessary to develop smaller and more...

    Charging Stations Can Combine Hydrogen Production And Energy Storage

    The need for reliable renewable energy is growing fast, as countries around the world—including Switzerland—step up their efforts to fight climate change, find alternatives...

    ‘Charging Room’ System Powers Lights, Phones, Laptops Without Wires

    In a move that could one day free the world's countertops from their snarl of charging cords, researchers at the University of...

    Researchers Make Rechargeable Batteries That Store Six Times More Charge

    An international team of researchers led by Stanford University has developed rechargeable batteries that can store up to six times more charge than ones...

    Plugging Performance-sapping Defects that Hamper Perovskite Performance

    A multifunctional molecule that plugs various atomic-scale defects in perovskite solar materials can significantly boost the longevity and electrical output of this promising solar...

    Researchers Pave the way Toward Finding Suitable Solvents for Perovskite Inks

    Perovskite solar cells have gained attention in recent years because of their ability to deliver high photovoltaic performance under a low-cost and low-temperature solution-based...

    Up to 78 Million Batteries will be Discarded Daily by 2025

    About 78 million batteries powering IoT devices will be dumped globally every day by 2025 if nothing is done to improve their lifespan. This...

    Converting Renewable Electricity into Stable Molecules could Provide Long-term Energy Storage

    The intensity of the natural resources that provide renewable energy varies from day to day, as well as season to season. Spring brings high...

    Form Energy Announces Iron-Air 100-hour Storage Battery

    Officials with battery maker Form Energy have announced the development of the Iron-Air 100-hour storage battery—a battery meant to store electricity created from renewable sources such...

    Global Approach is Needed on Battery Regulation

    New European Union regulations on batteries could offer a huge boost to the global decarbonisation mission—but only if it leverages its political and economic...

    Better Batteries for Grid-scale Energy Storage

    Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have designed a new class of molten sodium batteries for grid-scale energy storage. Molten sodium batteries have been used for many years...

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