Archive for April, 2009
« Previous EntriesCarbon Nanotube Battery Developed
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Companies have been trying to figure out how to use carbon nanotubes in electronics. Batteries may be the answer, say researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The device is a piece of paper infused with carbon nanotubes and a salt, which serves as an electrolyte. Because it stores energy and conducts it, the device can act [...]
Chrysler Unveiling Green Battery Minivan for U.S.P.S.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Chrysler is celebrating Earth Day today by unveiling the first four of what will be a fleet of 250 battery powered minivans for the US Postal Service. The U.S.P.S. will be using the vans for variety of duties at locations around the country – including daily home delivery.
The vans themselves are based on the concept [...]
Carbon nanotubes for lithium ion batteries
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Lithium ion batteries have received considerable attention in applications, ranging from portable electronics to electric vehicles, due to their superior energy density over other rechargeable battery technologies. However, the societal demands for lighter, thinner, and higher capacity lithium ion batteries necessitate ongoing research for novel materials with improved properties over that of state-of-the-art. Such an [...]
Need for Nanotube Battery
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Need: There is a need for a new battery with low internal impedance and high capacity, as well as one that discharges over a long period of time relative to conventional batteries. The nanotube battery, according to this case, is such a battery, and may be applied to batteries as structures, sensors, sensor networks, remote [...]
CNT Battery Detailed Description
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009DETAIL DESCRIPTION
The present Active Carbon Nanofiber-based (CNT-Carbon Nanotube) electrical high performance battery comprises a cell trough filled with electrolyte, a spring coil locking onto said cell trough, an anode/cathode substrate plate installed within said cell trough with its separation membrane, and positive and negative terminals installed outside the cell cap connecting to said anode/cathode substrate [...]
Embodiment of CNT Battery
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009There are three possible embodiments as follows.
1. A Carbon-based Nanotube (CNT) battery comprises of a battery cell trough, electrolyte, a spring coil, an anode/cathode substrate plate and its separation membrane 40, and external positive and negative terminals. The anode substrate plate is composed of an aluminum plate and an active Carbon Nanofiber layer. Negative terminal [...]
The Benefits of CNT Battery
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009The present invention provides an Active Carbon Nanotube battery (CNT), which can receive and provide large current recharging/discharging to shorten charging time, and has a high power ratio to reduce the battery weight in order to broaden the battery application scope in modern life. The reduced weight and the increased charging current of this CNT [...]
Enhanced Capacitors
Monday, April 13th, 2009Currently, ultracapacitors can only hold a small fraction of the electrical charge that batteries can hold (about 5%), but they do have many very important advantages over their chemical cousins, such as no battery memory caused by partial discharging, no reduction in capacity with each charge (they last almost forever), and much faster charge-discharge times. [...]
Electric Car Conversions
Monday, April 13th, 2009RESEARCH
February 10, 2009
Electric car conversion kits are hot these days. They’re helping thousands of people take part in the evolution of a new frontier in transportation. Just recently, Nissan announced they will have an electric car on the market in 2010. And the mayors of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose have revealed their plans [...]
Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Metal Oxide Arrays to Improve Lithium Battery Technology
Sunday, April 12th, 2009This reent article from Rice University just backs up our claim that carbon nanotube technology is the future for battery technology:
Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode material that may improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries. The research group combined highly electrically conducting carbon nanotubes [...]