Efficiency metrics for energy storage devices need standardization Date: December 6, 2011 Source: Drexel University Summary: Solving the mystery of prematurely dead cell phone and laptop batteries ...

The issue that Gogotsi and Simon bring to light is the idea that current metrics for grading energy storage devices, including the Ragone plot, may not provide a complete picture of the devices ...

And it could facilitate the development of materials for energy storage, capacitive water deionization, electrochemical actuation and energy harvesting, they noted.

Shedding light on mechanisms of electrochemical energy storage UV-visible spectroscopy gives researchers a tool to study battery materials Date: ...

Understanding why certain materials work better than others when it comes to energy storage is a crucial step for developing the batteries that will power electronic devices, electric vehicles and ...