Sentences with phrase «new battery design»

A new battery design?

But discourse can clarify what works where — whether it's a new financial instrument fostering solar panel deployment or a new battery design.

The new battery design adds energy - storage capacity without increasing the size.

To test the new battery design, Wang and his colleagues created a small, 600 - milliwatt battery on a lab countertop.

The electrolyte in the team's new battery design has dual functions: it serves not only as an ion conductor but also as a cathode supplement.

In a second study published in the June 6 edition of Nature Communications, Cui and Shougo Higashi, a visiting scientist from Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc., proposed a new battery design that could help solve the problem of grid - scale energy storage.

The new battery design is a hybrid between flow batteries and conventional solid ones: In this version, while the electrode material does not flow, it is composed of a similar semisolid, colloidal suspension of particles.

Not exact matches

MONTREAL / SINGAPORE, April 27 - New global packaging standards expected in late 2018 will allow lithium - ion batteries back into passenger plane cargo holds, pending design and regulatory approval, but some airlines say the new rule overlooks other safety concerNew global packaging standards expected in late 2018 will allow lithium - ion batteries back into passenger plane cargo holds, pending design and regulatory approval, but some airlines say the new rule overlooks other safety concernew rule overlooks other safety concerns.

Not only that, but a smaller combined chipset makes room for laptop makers like Dell, HP, and even Apple — should they adopt the new chip design — to add more features or add more battery capacity for better battery lives.

If products like Powerwall catch on, the necessary restructuring of the electrical grid will create opportunities and demand new expertise well beyond designing and manufacturing batteries.

Pros: Open air design allows for heightened safety, new design for lighter feel and more comfortable fit, 6 - hour battery life, durable and sweat proof

Open air design allows for heightened safety, new design for lighter feel and more comfortable fit, 6 - hour battery life, durable and sweat proof

Last spring, founder Elon Musk unveiled a new product called Powerwall, a battery pack starting at US$ 3,000 that's designed to power your whole home for 10 hours or more.

The new version of Glass will include a faster Intel processor, a longer battery life and improved wireless connectivity in addition to some subtle design changes, the WSJ reports.

Called the Apple AirPower, the new charging pad is designed to wirelessly charge the battery on the company's popular devices.

«While we've been focused at Waymo on building the world's most experienced driver, the team at Jaguar Land Rover has developed an all - new battery - electric platform that looks to set a new standard in safety, design and capability,» Waymo CEO John Krafcik, who was on hand in New York to reveal the initiative, addnew battery - electric platform that looks to set a new standard in safety, design and capability,» Waymo CEO John Krafcik, who was on hand in New York to reveal the initiative, addnew standard in safety, design and capability,» Waymo CEO John Krafcik, who was on hand in New York to reveal the initiative, addNew York to reveal the initiative, added.

Tesla has unveiled a new home battery called Powerwall under the new umbrella of Tesla Energy, which is designed to allow users to be able to be more self - sufficient when it comes to their home energy.

In addition to the battery upgrade, the Tesla Roadster will receive new tires designed to reduce the car's rolling resistance by 20 % and a retrofit aero kit that will reduce drag by 15 %.

The Public Service Company of New Mexico is asking for project proposals, including renewables and battery storage, designed to help reach its coal - free goal by 2031.

Though all my work required the making of new molecules, individual projects ranged from designing organic compounds that control the reactivity of metal ions to generating conductive polymers for lithium - ion batteries.

The design and formation of an atomic - scale bridge between different materials will lead to new and improved physical properties, opening the path to new information technology and energy science applications amongst a myriad of science and engineering possibilities — for example, atoms could move faster at the interface between the materials, enabling better batteries and fuel cells.

Wright said Johnson Controls will help scale up applied battery research at JCESR and will bring prototypes and new designs to the market.

A pilot manufacturing plant at 24M's headquarters in Cambridge has produced thousands of test batteries to demonstrate the efficiency of the new design.

Researchers now say they have designed a new model of nonflammable lithium - ion battery that is as effective as what is already in use.

Such new technology will enable advances in battery materials science, flexible battery charging rates, thermal and electrical engineering of new battery materials / technology and it has the potential to help the design of energy storage systems for high performance applications such as motor racing and grid balancing.

Tesla's vehicles use the same battery chemistry as Boeing and last week Musk told Flightglobal.com (owned by the company that publishes New Scientist) that he thinks the Dreamliner's battery pack design is «inherently unsafe» because the eight cells inside it are packed too close to dissipate heat effectively.

This comprehensive assessment provides new inspiration and understanding of design principles that may lead to more efficient synthetic approaches for advanced, lightweight structural materials for transportation, buildings, batteries, and energy conversion.

The new system is also designed to allow a PHEV to use its battery as an energy storage device, enabling the car to hold electrical energy in the battery while the grid has surplus power (during off - peak hours, for example) and contribute its surplus energy back to the grid when the latter needs more power to meet peak demand, Su says.

That was a totally serendipitous finding that could open up new avenues in battery design, Sadoway says.

The new battery is based on a redox flow design — similar in design to a fuel cell, with two tanks of electroactive materials dissolved in water.

In June a team of researchers at Rice University and the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium announced a new paint - on battery design.

... With rational molecular design, π - conjugated redox polymers will establish new design space in polymer chemistry and see wide - spread applications, especially in energy - related ones such as batteries, supercapacitors and thermoelectrics.»

A new approach to the design of a liquid battery, using a passive, gravity - fed arrangement similar to an old - fashioned hourglass, could offer great advantages due to the system's low cost and the simplicity of its design and operation, says a team of MIT researchers who have made a demonstration version of the new battery.

The new design should make possible simpler and more compact battery systems, which could be inexpensive and modular, allowing for gradual expansion of grid - connected storage systems to meet growing demand, Chiang says.

The new technology is designed for conventional lithium - ion batteries now used in billions of cellphones, laptops and other electronic devices, as well as a growing number of cars and airplanes.

«This bi-functional electrolyte revolutionizes the concept of conventional batteries and opens a new avenue for the design of batteries with unprecedented energy density,» said ORNL's Chengdu Liang.

Vanadium - based flow batteries have become more popular in recent years, especially after PNNL developed a new vanadium battery design in 2011 that increased storage capacity by 70 percent.

POWERING THE FUTURE New chemistries and designs promise to take batteries into the 21st century to store energy from solar and wind farms and send energy to homes and businesses.

But Ceder says whether or not this technology actually makes it inside a battery is beside the point; the researchers have opened new possibilities for the design of cathodes, which is even more important.

«It's a promising new pathway to battery design.»

IBM announced in June that it is pursuing a new kind of lithium battery that uses the surrounding air as a cathode, making it even lighter and more compact than existing designs.

A new way to find better battery materials: Design principles could point to better electrolytes for next - generation lithium batteries March 29th, 2018

Dr. Sanford, who is both a member of the National Academy of Sciences and recipient of a MacArthur «genius grant,» has designed molecules that can be used to store energy in batteries, serve as new medical imaging agents, convert carbon dioxide into fuels, or serve as pharmaceuticals to treat disease.

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They did it by designing a new polymer binder that actively regulates key ion transport processes within a lithium - sulfur battery, and have also shown how it functions on a molecular level.

A new electrode design inspired by clusters of pomegranate seeds overcomes some of the obstacles in using silicon in lithium - ion batteries, bringing a longer battery life for common gadgets like phones and tablets closer to reality.

Apple could even, thanks to the new technology, make more radical changes to the overall design of the iphone, because its engineers would no longer to base their work on a fixed battery shape.

The new Vita Slim boasts 1 GB of internal memory, a new LCD display, longer battery life, and a revamped design that makes the unit more comfortable to hold.

A new lower body structure, designed to incorporate the battery pack, also manages to increase body rigidity by ten percent.

Other rumors suggest Tesla will launch an all - wheel - drive version of the Model S, with the «D» signifying a dual - motor drivetrain borrowed from the upcoming Model X. Either way, the new car appears to have the same basic front fascia design as the existing Model S. Tesla will soon have even more production capacity to build a greater range of all - electric models, once its Gigafactory battery manufacturing facility comes online, so it's not surprising that the company will reveal a new vehicle.