edison's electric car battery gets a makeover - lithium iron battery

Thomas Edison had not only a Telegraph and a light bulb in his head. the U. S.
Innovators launched an electric car battery in the early 20 th century.
Same nickel
Iron battery technology will return quickly
Charging power supply for 21 century.
The modern remodel of the Edison battery can fully charge in about 2 minutes and unload the energy load in less than 30 seconds
About 1,000 times faster than the original.
The existing prototype can only hold enough flashlights, but Stanford wants to be able to scale quickly
Charging the battery makes Edison's dream competitive again on electric cars.
"The Edison battery is very durable, but it has a lot of drawbacks," said Dai Hongjie, a professor of chemistry at Stanford University.
"A typical battery charge can take several hours and the discharge speed is slow.
"With the help of nanotechnology, Edison's battery charging speed has been improved as needed.
The researchers bonded the metal particles of the battery with carbon nanoparticlesgraphene (
1-1 carbon onlyatom thick)
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Conductivity can be increased.
"Because of the unsatisfactory energy density, our batteries may not be able to power electric vehicles alone," said Wang Hailiang, a graduate student at Stanford University and the lead author of the group's new paper.
But it can help lithium.
Ion batteries provide real power boost for acceleration and regenerative braking.
Edison made the nickel public for the first time.
About 1900 of iron batteries are cheap alternatives to lead
Acid battery with long life and high reliability.
It wasn't until 1920 that the battery was used in early electric vehicles, but it wasn't until the mid-term that it became a popular backup power supply for rail and mining20th century. [
Thomas Edison, America's first modern innovatorToday's nickel-
Iron batteries can usually find the job of storing electricity from solar panels and wind turbines.
The Stanford group version has increased charging speed, but still hopes it will keep charging better over time
The current charge decay is approximately equivalent to lithium-ion battery.
Success can make the battery useful again for hybrid and all-electric vehicles. Even the U. S.
In the case that soldiers need to charge quickly, the military can use this battery.
"I hope we can give nickel-
"A new life," said Dai.
The study was funded by Intel and presented in detail in the journal Nature Communications, published in June 26.
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