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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / September 16, 2015

Butterfly wings inspire gas sensors, solar water splitters, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 16, 2015.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By April Gocha / June 19, 2015

CoorsTek Membrane Sciences is born, NexTech tests lithium-ions for off-gas sensors, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for June 19, 2015.

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Ceramics set to solidify the future of solid-state batteries

By April Gocha / October 28, 2014

University of Michigan researchers have been working on a scheme to use ceramics to improve even safer solid-state batteries, which completely do away with aqueous solutions altogether.

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Gotta keep ‘em separated: Garnet ceramics find calling as Li-ion battery bouncers

By April Gocha / October 22, 2014

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Lab say that ceramics can improve the batteries of tomorrow. Testing of a garnet ceramic material LLZO suggests that it might be the perfect protector for lithium anodes in batteries that last longer and do more.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / July 16, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 16, 2014.

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Will a superelastic battery that can stretch up to 600 percent someday power our pants?

By Jessica McMathis / June 30, 2014

Researchers at China’s Fudan University have developed an incredibly elastic lithium-ion battery that can be stretched up to 600 percent.

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Tesla Motors aspires to double world production of lithium-ion batteries with new battery ‘giga factory’

By April Gocha / February 26, 2014

Tesla plans to boost production and shipment of Model S electric cars in 2014, necessitating a “giga factory” to double world production of lithium ion batteries to power its fleet.

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GM unveils new lithium-ion battery

By / January 8, 2010

Detroit’s WWMT.com reported that GM has manufactured an advanced lithium-ion battery for its electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt. The Volt is designed to drive up to 40 miles on electricity…

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Cheaper, stronger lithium-ion batteries for cars

By / January 4, 2010

According to Technology Review, a British defense technology company, Qinetiq, is testing a new type of lithium-ion battery for hybrids and electric vehicles that could be cheaper and more powerful…

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Plastic bags upcycled into carbon nanotubes

By / December 15, 2009

A chemist has created an ‘upcycling’ method of turning the disposable plastic bags into carbon nanotubes. The research is published in The Journal of Environmental Monitoring. Vilas Ganpat Pol at…

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