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Battery chemistry experiment unexpectedly releases oxygen

The science pros at TKOR experiment with batteries and oxygen to show what can go wrong. U-Va. board leaders resign as ...
Milwaukee Independent

Residents push back against new battery storage sites amid rising anxiety over lithium-ion fire risks

Battery energy storage systems that suck up cheap power during periods of low demand, then discharge it at a profit during ...
Tech Xplore

Tougher solid electrolyte advances long-sought lithium metal batteries

A solid—rather than liquid—electrolyte between the opposite electrodes of a battery should, in theory, enable a rechargeable ...

A Simple Silver Fix May Finally Stop Solid-State Batteries From Cracking

Crucially, the silver remained in its positively charged ionic form rather than becoming metallic again. The researchers ...

'They are essential': How smoke detectors are evolving

Optical-based smoke alarms use light instead. They are slightly better at detecting the large smoke particles created by slow ...
New Scientist

[copy] Lithium-ion batteries could last longer with chemical tweak

It's difficult to form a protective coating that prolongs battery life at the battery's cathode, but there may be a low-cost ...
Tech Xplore

Fire-safe all-solid-state batteries move closer to commercialization

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a key materials technology that accelerates the ...
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Do water balloons explode in a vacuum chamber experiment?

The science pros at TKOR test whether water balloons burst inside a vacuum chamber. Justice Department accuses judge of ...
IEEE

Optimizing Experiments for Accurate Battery Circuit Parameters Estimation: Reduction and Adjustment of Frequency Set Used in Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Abstract: In this paper, we study a suitable experimental design of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to reduce the number of frequency points while not significantly affecting the ...