Results 1 to 15 of 50

Thread: Batteries — The Holy Grail Of Viable Energy Storage

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Join Date
    10-21-01
    Location
    San Antonio, Tx.
    Posts
    18,387

    Batteries — The Holy Grail Of Viable Energy Storage

    Useful article and overview of battery research efforts —

    http://www.engineering.com/Electroni...Batteries.aspx
    ...............
    “You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution


  2. #2
    Join Date
    10-22-01
    Location
    All Over
    Posts
    38,198
    Excellent

    Some of those I knew about---many were new to me.

    I will point out that many of those projects received Federal grants as seed money for their research. Something I support but you seem to rail against on a regular basis.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

  3. #3
    Wannabe is offline Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018
    A Friend Who Will be Missed.
    May He Rest In Peace
    Join Date
    10-25-15
    Posts
    1,465
    It should not be the governments job to fund R&D. That is the job for Free Enterprise. If Free Enterprise will not do it then maybe it should not be done.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    10-21-01
    Location
    San Antonio, Tx.
    Posts
    18,387
    I found it peculiar that no mention of graphene reasearch was mentioned. From other sources, I think graphene has the highest promise in batteries for its storage density. From what I read, one of the chief problems with graphene batteries is that while their capacity to store a charge is unexcelled, that so far acts as a capacitor rather than a battery and thus discharges all at once. Such a battery, if one could be made, would have the benefit of being exceptionally light in weight. Another problem with graphene is producing the stuff in commercial quantities. Would be perfect for vehicles though.
    Last edited by wacojoe; 04-06-2016 at 12:50 PM.
    ...............
    “You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution


  5. #5
    Join Date
    10-21-01
    Location
    San Antonio, Tx.
    Posts
    18,387
    Another Exciting Battery Innovation Announced

    Could this be "The One?"

    "The innovation is the use of the Nobel prize-winning plastic-that-acts-like-a-metal, haologenated polyacetylene...
    The battery, which is now patent-pending at the US and other patent offices, is expected to cost less than $100 per kWh (about one-fourth that of the best batteries today), to weigh less and therefore provide longer range to cars, to have a greater power density (power to weight ratio), have a faster charging time and much longer life. Another substantial positive is the material itself, made from common acetylene. There are no rare earths to mine and extract, no toxic residues. The halogen dopants are also common, cheap, and abundant..."

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/04/...omment-2186078
    ...............
    “You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution


  6. #6
    Join Date
    10-21-01
    Location
    San Antonio, Tx.
    Posts
    18,387
    Here's another article on the persistent problem of build-up on the battery's electrode and a plausible solution —

    http://newatlas.com/lithium-oxygen-a...default-widget
    ...............
    “You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution


Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •