Wild mushrooms have recently made a surprising (but not unwelcome) foray into the battery realm. In a new study, researchers from Purdue University derived promising carbon fibers from a wild mushroom and modified them with nanoparticles to cook up new battery anodes that outperform conventional graphite electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. (READ: “Wild Fungus Derived Carbon Fibers and Hybrids as Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries“) Outperforming traditional anodes “Current state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries must be improved in both energy density and power output…
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Battery Division Awards Nominations Deadline: March 15, 2016 ECS recognizes outstanding technical achievements in electrochemistry and solid-state science and technology through its Honors & Awards program. There are many deserving members of the Battery Division among us and this is an opportunity to highlight their contributions. We are currently accepting nominations for: Battery Division Research Award: established in 1958 to encourage excellence in battery and fuel cell research, and to encourage publication in ECS journals. Battery Division Technology Award: established…
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Battery applications range from powering electronic devices to storing energy harvested from renewable sources, but batteries have a range of applications beyond the obvious. Now, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are taking existing battery technology and applying it to efforts in water desalination. The researchers have published the open access article in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. “We are developing a device that will use the materials in batteries to take salt out of water with…
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