Battery Technology

Scientists turn nuclear waste into “diamond” batteries that can last for a thousand years

Imagine not having to recharge or replace a battery ever in your life. Well, a group of researchers and scientists at the University of Bristol have developed Nuclear Diamond Batteries that can power devices for over 1000 years, all the while charging themselves.

Maruti bats for CNG, hybrid cars to reduce oil imports, air pollution; production target raised to around 50%

Hybrid vehicles can run without charging infrastructure and so can prepone oil import reduction,

Wonder material created by accident could wean the world off fossil fuels

Phosphorene nanoribbons are multifaceted & can be used in t-shirts, batteries & a lot more.

Will zero-emission fuel cells replace gas engines in vehicles of the future?

This promising clean energy technology can be mass produced at lower costs to replace batteries & gas engines.

Researchers create lithium-ion batteries with lower levels of toxicity from cobalt

Cobalt toxicity has been linked to asthma and lung diseases like pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis.

Researchers develop energy harvesting system that can generate electricity from human motion

Clothes that double up as cell-phone charger could be a reality soon as researchers have found a way to generate electricity from human motion.

Samsung Note 7 blunder point out the limits of explosive lithium batteries

Lithium-based batteries have been powering our portable devices for 25 years. But consumer demand for smaller, longer lasting devices is forcing manufacturers to push the technology

Wider lithium battery use strains technology say experts

Batteries like the one that burned on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner in January can be made safer, but doing so can cut performance and raise costs...