Lithium Ion

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Simple Sensor Could Stop Li-On Battery Fires

12:30AM January 11, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Li-on batteries feature in most of the mobile electronics we use because they pack far higher energy density than their competitors. But until now there have been a whole heap of problems with those same batteries overheating, and even catching on fire. More »


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New Li-Ion Batteries Will Run 10x Longer

2:20AM November 17, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

While gadgets improve by leaps and bounds every year, the technology that powers them hasn’t. Batteries still suck, unless something comes of this research at Northwestern University that promises new lithium-ion alternatives that charge 10 times faster with 10 times the capacity. More »


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MIT Creates Sun-Free Photovoltaic Power

1:00PM July 30, 2011 | Alyssa Bereznak

Oh MIT, we can always count on you to come up with the most clever, little inventions. Just the other day you created goo-powered batteries to replace lithium-ion and now you’ve gone and found a way to make photovoltaic electricity without sunlight! More »


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New Lithium Battery Tech Can Stand The Heat

12:00PM July 28, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Li-ion batteries were a massive technological step forward from NiMH cells but were not without faults of their own — like their tendency to explode. A new Lithium-Imide technology from Leyden Energy, however, send lithium-ion the way of NiMH. More »


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MIT Scientists Create Goo-Powered Batteries To Replace Lithium-Ion

11:37AM June 7, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

MIT scientists have developed new battery technology that lets you fill a battery with goo instead of throwing it away or recharging it when it’s drained. More »


Gadgets

How To Take Care Of Your Li-ion Battery

10:00AM February 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

Lithium-ion batteries! They’re in your phone, your laptop and pretty much every consumer electronic device that uses rechargeable batteries these days. How should you take care of them? Old wives tales of charging batteries don’t apply here, so forget everything you thought you knew. According to Ars Technica, this is how you should use your Li-ion battery: More »


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Giz Explains: Why Batteries Die

8:00AM November 24, 2010 | John Herrman

Inside almost every gadget lurks a ticking time bomb. In two years, or maybe three or four, it will die, rendering your gadget useless. Possibly permanently. So, what are these awful little bastards? They’re called batteries. More »


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Massive Afghanistan Lithium Deposit (As In Batteries) Could Alter US Economy

12:21PM June 14, 2010 | Jack Loftus

A large mineral deposit worth an estimated $US1 trillion has been discovered in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials revealed today. The find could change the US economy, alter the war and contains vast amounts of lithium – found in many of today’s batteries. More »


Batteries That Last 10 Years Developed By Hitachi

7:31PM April 6, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Doubling the Li-ion battery life from five years, Hitachi reckons its new technology, which extends the life of batteries, will also cost less too – thanks to reducing the amount of cobalt used. Hitachi hopes to get them onto the production line in the next year. [Akihabara News]


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Battery Life Could Increase By 4x With Lithium-Sulphur Batteries

1:54AM March 16, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Lithium-ion batteries are already close to the 20-hour life promised back in 2007 for laptops, but Lithium-sulphur batteries being worked on at Stanford University may improve battery life by 300 per cent. More »