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Chemistry World April 2, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Biological battery powers up Scientists in the US have created a rechargeable 'lithium ion' battery with the help of a genetically programmed virus that acts as a scaffold for highly conductive electrodes.
Chemistry World October 13, 2011 Fay Nolan Neylan	Fluoride Shuttle Batteries Lift Off Scientists in Germany say that a rechargeable battery that works on the basis of fluoride transfer between electrodes could have a better storage capacity than current batteries.
Chemistry World September 15, 2015 William Bergius	New cathode material for sodium ion batteries An international team of scientists led by the inventor of the lithium ion battery has put forward a new cathode material for its potential successor, the sodium ion battery.
Chemistry World September 26, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Electric vehicles set to charge ahead 'There is a big effort to improve lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and largely the outcome will be dictated by how the consumer reacts,' says Daniel Abraham, a battery expert at the Argonne National Laboratory in the US.
IEEE Spectrum February 2011 Neil Savage	Batteries That Breathe Using oxygen as a cathode could give lithium batteries 10 times the energy
Chemistry World March 11, 2009 Hayley Birch	Super battery could power electric cars Scientists in the US have built a lithium based 'super battery' that releases its charge 100 times faster than a regular rechargeable.
Chemistry World July 3, 2012 Philip Robinson	Triazine boosts polymer energy storage A team of scientists from Germany and Japan have presented a new principle for storing energy in lithium ion batteries using a porous polymer framework. This could give these new batteries double the energy storage of conventional lithium ion batteries.
Chemistry World January 9, 2014 Tim Wogan	Disorder opens up battery material field Better lithium-ion batteries that hold more power could be made by introducing disorder into their electrodes -- going against the prevailing wisdom on the best way to improve them.
Chemistry World April 7, 2015 Tim Wogan	Super-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium A new rival to the lithium-ion battery has been created that charges in under a minute and still performs almost perfectly after being recharged thousands of times.
Chemistry World March 11, 2011 Harriet Brewerton	Drawing batteries Scientists in Japan have made an electrode for a lithium-air battery using a pencil. The advance could bring efficient, environmentally friendly and safe batteries for electric vehicles a step closer.
Chemistry World July 25, 2013 Jeanne Therese Andres	Long-life lithium sulfide batteries Scientists from the US and China have identified a polymer that makes lithium sulfide batteries last longer.
Chemistry World May 17, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Carbon electrodes help form high capacity lithium-sulfur batteries Chemists in Canada have used a carbon framework to form an electrode in lithium-sulfur batteries that results in charge capacities several times greater than standard lithium ion batteries.
IndustryWeek May 19, 2010	Nanocomposite Materials Offer Battery Boost New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests material could vastly improve performance of lithium-ion batteries for cars and electronics.
Chemistry World September 7, 2015 Tim Wogan	Graphene and phosphorene upgrade sodium ion battery A new material comprising interspersed layers of graphene and phosphorene has been shown to be a more stable, more conductive and higher capacity anode for sodium ion batteries than previous materials.
Chemistry World July 28, 2014 Tim Wogan	Better batteries with pure lithium anodes Researchers in the US have developed a coating that could allow next generation batteries to have pure lithium anodes.
Chemistry World February 10, 2015 William Bergius	Next generation lithium -- sulfur batteries given DNA boost In a creative application of rational design, scientists in China have turned to nature to help overcome one of the key challenges facing the most probable successor to the lithium ion battery.
Chemistry World November 25, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Silicon for better batteries A new silicon-based anode could greatly increase the storage capacity of lithium ion batteries - boosting the runtimes of devices such as laptops and mobile phones by up to seven times
Chemistry World April 3, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Nanoporous anodes charge up Scientists in China and the US say a new anode material they have created represents a significant step forward in the development of long-life stationary lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage systems.
Popular Mechanics December 20, 2007 Logan Ward	New Nanowire Battery Life Reaches From iPods to Electric Cars Lithium-ion batteries that power most devices may soon be able to hold 10 times as much power.
Chemistry World August 8, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Wet batteries power up The performance of water-based lithium-ion batteries has been greatly boosted by removing oxygen from the power cells, report Chinese researchers.
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Jon Cartwright	Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models.
Chemistry World September 19, 2007 Ned Stafford	Electric Cars Hoping for Lithium Ion Revolution General Motors is betting that chemists are close to solving the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle puzzle, by developing rechargeable batteries that are safe, robust, long-lasting, and inexpensive.
Chemistry World December 9, 2010 Mike Brown	Lithiation through the lens Scientists have generated high resolution images of lithium ions being deposited on a single nanowire anode, revealing how the material grows and flexes in response to charge.
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Philip E. Ross	Boeing's Battery Blues Despite fires in the 787's lithium-ion batteries, planes will become more dependent on electricity and batteries
Chemistry World August 10, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Toyota create first magnesium-sulfur rechargeable battery US researchers have demonstrated the first rechargeable battery system using a magnesium anode and sulfur cathode.
Chemistry World August 15, 2012 Andy Extance	Cells step toward plugless charging What if you could charge your phone's battery by slotting it into the sole of your shoe and walking on it? That bizarre scenario has just become more likely, thanks to Zhong Lin Wang and his team at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US.
IEEE Spectrum March 2009 Samuel K. Moore	A Rapid-Recharge Lithium Battery MIT scientists tweak lithium formula to let battery discharge in seconds
Chemistry World December 3, 2013 Emily James	Lithium -- sulfur batteries ready to go the distance A non-stop trip from London to Paris in an eco-friendly car could soon be possible, if powered by the latest lithium -- sulfur battery created by scientists in the US.
Chemistry World June 12, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Superelastic battery Lithium ion batteries that can be stretched by 600% have been unveiled by scientists in China.
Chemistry World December 15, 2014 Dannielle Whittaker	From nutshell to supercapattery Scientists in Canada have created a hybrid sodium ion capacitor (NIC) from peanut shells in a pioneering study bridging the gap between conventional ion batteries and supercapacitors.
Chemistry World September 25, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Alkaline flow battery charges up renewable energy storage Scientists in the US have developed an alkaline flow battery that they hope will help to tackle the tricky problem of storing energy from renewable power sources such as wind and solar.
Chemistry World October 28, 2010 Carol Stanier	Hybrid electrolyte for better batteries Safer, more durable batteries are the aim of a US team that has made a new, hybrid nanoparticle-ionic liquid electrolyte.
Chemistry World October 10, 2013 Rowan Frame	Molten air -- a new class of battery Scientists from the US have invented a new type of battery. The so-called 'molten air batteries' have among the highest electrical storage capacities of all battery types to date.
Chemistry World October 23, 2012 Andrew Turley	Bankruptcy for US Li ion battery maker US lithium iron phosphate battery maker A123 Systems has filed for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, it has arranged to sell its automotive batteries business to technology giant Johnson Controls.
National Defense October 2009 Jean & Erwin	On The Road to More Fuel-Efficient Vehicles A123Systems, a lithium ion battery producer, has teamed with the Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop fuel-efficient vehicle technology. Funding for the joint project is being provided under the Recovery Act.
Chemistry World November 2, 2015 Tim Wogan	New lithium-air battery safe from water damage A lithium-air battery with superior efficiency and stability has been developed by researchers in the UK.
IEEE Spectrum May 2010 Prachi Patel	Batteries That Go With the Flow A new battery design promises to even out fluctuations in solar and wind power
Chemistry World February 23, 2011 Laura Howes	Capsules for safer and more reliable lithium ion batteries Capsules coated onto electrodes could mitigate potential problems with lithium ion batteries by turning the batteries off when they overheat and 'healing' the electrodes when they crack and degrade, according to a researcher in the US.
Fast Company August 8, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt	Winfried W. Wilcke On Building A Bigger Battery For The Electric Car Winfried W. Wilcke uses nanoscience to boost the storage capacity of electric-car batteries while keeping them lightweight.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 John Voelcker	Lithium Batteries Take to the Road Hybrid electric cars need much better batteries -- and A123, a plucky Massachusetts start-up, says it's got them.
Chemistry World April 7, 2011 Carl Saxton	Power sources get flexible US scientists have designed an ultra-thin, flexible battery with the highest charge capacity reported for thin film cells. The battery can also be charged at a lower voltage than lithium ion batteries.
PC Magazine April 4, 2008 Frank Washburn	Charging Into the Future Researchers are upgrading lithium ion and green-alternative batteries for increasingly power-hungry mobile devices.
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Charlie Quigg	Inorganic nanosheet to enhance batteries A graphene inspired electrode material that could help batteries hold more power has been developed by Chinese scientists. The large surface area of these cobalt oxide nanosheets is key to their electrochemical performance.
Chemistry World February 15, 2010 Andy Extance	Reversing attraction shrinks car batteries Transforming the most important attractive force acting between molecules into a repulsive one could enable US scientists to nearly halve the size of lithium-ion batteries.
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 John Voelcker	Lithium Batteries for Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars need to travel farther in electric-only mode, and that means lithium-ion battery technologies have a lot riding on them.
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom	The Truth About Fiery Laptops Lithium ion batteries are potential incendiaries, but they're all we've got.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009	Mil-Spec Military Battery Technology for Lithium Metal Oxide Use Introduced by Tadiran The Tadiran U.S. Battery Division is introducing the TLM mil-spec, rugged, high-energy lithium metal oxide battery for military and aerospace applications.
Chemistry World May 10, 2007 Simon Hadlington	New Electrode Material for High-Capacity Lithium Batteries US researchers presented details of a new electrode material for rechargeable batteries which, they claim, can store almost twice as much charge as conventional electrodes.
Chemistry World February 26, 2015 Phillip Broadwith	Asahi Kasei to buy Polypore for battery materials Japanese chemicals firm Asahi Kasei has agreed to buy the energy storage segment of US membrane specialist Polypore for $2.2 billion
Chemistry World November 17, 2013 Tim Wogan	Self-healing battery cracks anode fracturing problem US researchers have created battery anodes that heal themselves after they fracture, substantially prolonging battery life.