Swedish start-up Northvolt Wednesday announced it had secured funding, in large part from Volkswagen, for Europe’s biggest car battery factory, set to rival electric carmaker Tesla’s US “Gigafactory”. The battery producer said it had completed a $1 billion equity capital raise, led by Volkswagen and Goldman Sachs, alongside BMW, Swedish pension fund AMF, insurer Folksam […]
Panasonic offering primary lithium manganese dioxide cylindrical cell battery with high capacity
Panasonic Industrial Devices Sales Company of America now sells a CR-AGZ cell battery that offers two important and complementary features — superior long-term reliability and high capacity. Panasonic, one of the world’s leading battery manufacturing companies, offers the CR-AGZ for applications that require high safety from a high-capacity cell. This cell utilizes manganese-based cathode…
New Organic Flow Battery Brings Decomposing Molecules Back to Life
After years of making progress on an organic aqueous flow battery, Harvard University researchers ran into a problem: the organic anthraquinone molecules that powered their ground-breaking battery were slowly decomposing over time, reducing the long-term usefulness of the battery. Now, the researchers — led by Michael Aziz, the Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials […]
The Most Complete Study of Battery Failure Sees the Light
An international team of researchers just published in Advanced Energy Materials the widest study on what happens during battery failure, focusing on the different parts of a battery at the same time. The role of the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, in France, was crucial for its success. We have all experienced it: you have charged your mobile…
New Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage Battery Could Pave the Way for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
A team of researchers with the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new aqueous electrochemical energy storage battery that they believe could pave the way for grid-scale energy storage. In their paper published in the journal Nature Energy, the group describes how they built their new battery and how well it worked when tested. Lauren […]
Programmable USB-C charger integrates primary, secondary and PD controller components
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced the newest member of its USB-C Power Delivery family, the EZ-PD Power Adapter Generation 1 (PAG1) solution. The PAG1 is a complete AC-DC power solution with an integrated USB Power Delivery (PD) controller that enables OEMs to build reliable, efficient, and cost-effective power adapters for the growing USB-C charger market. The […]
Team Develops Highly Flexible High-Energy Textile Lithium Battery for Wearable Electronics
PolyU’s novel lightweight Textile Lithium Battery demonstrates high energy density of more than 450 Wh/L, and excellent flexibility—with a bending radius of less than 1mm, and foldability of over 1,000 cycles with marginal capacity degradation. In comparison, the existing bendable lithium battery can only reach a bending radius of about 25 mm, and with much […]
New from the research lab: High-energy textile lithium battery
Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) say they have developed a highly flexible, high-energy lithium battery for wearable electronics with a myriad of applications. PolyU’s novel lightweight Textile Lithium Battery demonstrates an energy density of more than 450 Wh/L and flexibility — with a bending radius of less than 1 mm and foldability […]
U.S. Congress introduces “Better Energy Storage Technology” Act to increase battery R&D
Legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate this week to encourage the development of energy storage systems in the United States. In the House, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act of 2019, co-sponsored by Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL), and Congressman Anthony Gonzalez…
New electric trucks use AMETEK DFS Nautilair blowers for battery cooling
One Ohio location of The Kraft Heinz Co. recently replaced several of its traditional diesel trucks with three all-electric trucks. These new electric vehicles (EVs) work as terminal trucks — often called spotter trucks or yard dogs to move semi trailers around large warehouse operations and shipping ports. The T-Series terminal trucks were built by…