Twisted carbon nanotubes store more energy than lithium-ion batteries
Mechanical energy storage could be a safer way of powering some medical devices
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Implantable and biocompatible battery powered by the body’s own oxygen
A biocompatible battery that runs on oxygen circulating in the body could one day provide continuous power to implantable medical devices
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New photovoltaic 2D material breaks quantum efficiency record
Material contains special bandgap states that efficiently absorb light at crucial solar wavelengths
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Battery cyclers: shedding light on the detail of electrochemical materials and devices
High-performance battery cyclers offer reliable, accurate and repeatable test sequences in R&D and production settings
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Solid-state battery electrolyte makes a fast lithium-ion conductor
New material allows lithium ions to move in 3D and could compete with liquid electrolytes in mainstream Li-ion battery technologies
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Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage
Materials expert Krzysztof Koziol also talks about hydrogen-powered aircraft
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Shallow defects drive slow recombination, high efficiency in perovskite solar cells
Findings could help improve cell efficiencies still further, say physicists
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Leaky insulating layer reduces battery lifetime
New work explains why rechargeable batteries break down
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Flash heating technique extracts valuable metals from battery waste quickly and cheaply
New way of recovering material from lithium-ion devices also requires much less acid than other methods
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Droplet-based ‘wind farms’ harvest low-speed wind energy
Anchored droplets of ionic liquids collect enough charge to power a pocket calculator
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