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High Performance Lithium-ion Battery System for Long Endurance Deep-Water Operation
The 2 kWh Deep-Water Lithium-ion Battery Power Pack (DLBPP) is a pressure-tolerant lithium-ion battery system that provides a reliable, long-endurance and longer lifetime power solution for underwater systems. Many unmanned or autonomous vehicles requires stable and long battery life for their operations. On-station time needs to be long so that th -
Scalable, Cost-effective Calorimeter for Thermal Monitoring of Batteries
Battery cells must be tested for performance and operational reliability from the design phase to the production process, to safeguard its safety, reliability and cost. As batteries are prone to temperature-related issues, like overheating and overcharging, there can be extreme spikes in temperature known as 'thermal runaway'. In order to evaluate -
Active Battery Management System
The proposed technology relates to a battery management system (BMS) equipped with active cell balancing technology and sophisticated state-of-charge (SOC) prediction algorithms. Using this algorithm, faster cell balancing can be achieved during charge and even discharge operations as compared to conventional passive cell balancing technology. This -
Battery Management System to Refurbish Lithium-ion Batteries
Recycling or refurbishing of lithium-ion batteries is crucial in tackling the challenges of climate change and air pollution. While there is the demand for batteries to have more capacity and longer life cycles, lots of time and investment are also required to dismantle and recycle batteries. Precious metal, such as Lithium, needs to be saved while -
Smart Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System
The Smart UPS system features a fully-modular system which is scalable and portable based on user's need. It is a portable and modular power system consisting of a master control unit, accompanied by slave battery power units. The master control unit has a touch-screen LCD control panel, power inverter, battery charger and telemetry system. The sla -
Extraction of Lead from Battery Pastes and Galena Ore by Hydrometallurgy Method
This invention is related to a novel chemical process for extracting and recycling lead from lead acid battery paste and lead ores using a batch of non-acidic and non-hazardous solvents. This method is based on the complete dissolution of all lead compounds except metallic lead at ambient conditions and without using furnace or strong acids to extr -
Recycling Lithium-ion Battery Cathodes Using Deep Eutectic Solvents
As the consumption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for the transportation and consumer electronics sectors continues to grow, so does the pile of battery waste. Lithium-ion battery waste retains value particularly in the form of metal ions in the cathode part of the device, but few standardised methods exist to extract, recover, and reuse these pre -
A Green and Safe battery Made From Recycled Nuclear Fuel With No Need for Recharge or Replacement
A UK company has developed a battery that does not run out. This is by using recycled nuclear waste and it converts radiation energy into electrical energy. Because it uses nuclear waste that stays radioactive for thousands of years, it can also produce electricity for thousands of years as well. In other words, it is a battery that never runs out, -
Modular Bipolar Plate for Redox Flow Battery
With the wide deployment of renewable energy harvesting devices, such as solar cells and wind turbines, there is an urgency to develop high efficiency and economical energy storage systems to stabilize the intermittent and often unpredictable primary power sources before the power can be channelled to the grid safely or utilized for on-site loads. -
Energy Storage Technologies
Energy storage technologies are vital for smart grids, electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Our team has expertise in the area of energy storage materials such as materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. For large scale energy storage, our team has developed a technology on Redox Flow Li-ion Battery which is suitable for large scale, high -
Silica Fibrous Material for Sorption, Separation, Catalytic and Battery Applications
Silica (SiO2) fibrous material is a special functional material with unique properties represented by amorphous fibre structure. These silica fibres can adsorb significantly more water than commercially available silica gel of the same mesoporous character. This feature is especially apparent in the range of medium relative humidity (30-70% RH), wh -
Flexible and Lightweight Supercapacitor for Energy Storage
The technology is a flexible, lightweight and solid-state supercapacitor made of conducting polymer and metal oxide composite thin film electrodes. The composite electrodes of conducting polymer and metal oxide are considered to be the most promising materials as supercapacitor electrodes due to their low cost, ease of synthesis and high capacitive -
Through Substrate Via (TSV) with Embedded Capacitor for 3D Packaging
The demand for on-chip capacitor goes increasingly higher for integrated circuits (ICs) with 3D packaging technologies, because more capacitance-hungry chips are being stacked within a single IC package. However, huge surface area is required to implement those on-chip capacitors. To address this issue, a novel method of embedding capacitors into t -
Low-cost and high-energy Li-S batteries
Li-ion batteries are currently the dominant energy storage device for high-energy applications, such as cell phones and laptops. However, in the context of sustainable development, the high cost and the relatively low energy density are difficult to meet the requirements of applications in the future. For example, electric vehicles require batterie -
Metal Surface Nanofoam Current Collector for High Performance Li-ion Battery
Ultrasonic synthetic method is used to prepare various nano-porous (nanofoam) metal current collectors, including, but not limited to, copper metal for anode and aluminum/nickel metal for cathode. The innovative nanofoam metal current collectors are used to prepare high performance lithium ion (Li-ion) battery, which shows good capacity retention a -
Fuel Cell for Consumer & Medical Electronics
This fuel cell technology fits discretely into consumer and medical electronics. It can recharge in seconds and run off-the-grid for years, as it does not require a power outlet. The fuel cell has been demonstrated in a hearing aid and is sutiable for personal devices. -
Flexible Thin-Film Fast Charge Battery
The power source is a critical component of personal wearables and devices. The shape and form are often constrained and influenced largely by the shape of the battery in the electronic device. This technology features a flexible thin-film rechargeable battery that can conform to the shape of the product. The fast-charge capable battery has high be -
CO2-derived Nanoparticles for Polymer and Concrete Applications
The overarching issue of greenhouse gas emissions is well known in both scope and consequences. With over 30 billion tonnes of CO 2 emitted annually, humanity emits over 100 times its own weight in greenhouse gas emissions that accelerate climate change patterns unparalleled in recent history. The technology provider has developed a process to conv