lunes, 28 de febrero de 2011

Nano-sheets to expand the capacity of batteries

Community funding gifted scientists have invented a new technique to create nano-sheets with a thickness of an atom that can pave the way for the next generation of electronic technologies and energy storage needed to feed, for example, electric cars.


This research was funded in part by the Cucumber ("Processing and electron probe inorganic nanostructures applied to emerging technologies"), which was granted a Marie Curie grant worth 168,256 euros through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) the EU. In the journal Science recently published an article on this work.

The researchers, who belong to CRANN ('Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices) at Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland) and University of Oxford (UK) have discovered how to separate sheets laminated materials for nanometer one atom thick. With these films have created a series of two-dimensional nanomaterials that possess novel chemical and electronic properties that could lead to new electronic technologies and energy storage.

For decades, attempts to create sheets from nanosized layered materials formed to take advantage of their unique electronic and electronic thermal properties. Unfortunately, the methods used previously were slow, laborious and unproductive, so were unsuitable for most applications. In this study, the authors explain that they have developed nano-sized sheets from various materials using common solvents and ultrasonic devices similar to those used to clean jewelry. They assert that the new method is "simple, fast and cheap and can be scaled up to apply in industrial environments.

9 comentarios:

  1. This is great news, should help usher in the future!

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  2. And I thought batteries were pretty good as they are...

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  3. Very interesting information you posted here. Battery capacity has always been a barrier that electric cars faced. Great to see advancements in this crucial technology. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. awesome, cant await 20h laptop runtime

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  5. Are these those bendable batteries? Very cool.

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  6. finally ! my phone always runs out of battery ! hope this'll help in the future !

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  7. we need longer-life batteries so this post is very relevant for me. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. I bet the first consumer company to use this tech will be Apple.

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  9. i need longer batterylife for my mp3 player ^^

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