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Old 06-27-2009, 06:18 AM
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Default Lithium Air bBattery = 10x power

Seems that this could be a big breakthrough for hybrid vehicles....

IBM Invests in Battery Research

The company hopes to develop powerful, lightweight lithium-air batteries.
By Katherine Bourzac


Lithium metal-air batteries can store a tremendous amount of energy--in theory, more than 5,000 watt-hours per kilogram. That's more than ten-times as much as today's high-performance lithium-ion batteries, and more than another class of energy-storage devices: fuel cells. Instead of containing a second reactant inside the cell, these batteries react with oxygen in the air that's pulled in as needed, making them lightweight and compact.

IBM Research is beginning an ambitious project that it hopes will lead to the commercialization of batteries that store 10 times as much energy as today's within the next five years. The company will partner with U.S. national labs to develop a promising but controversial technology that uses energy-dense but highly flammable lithium metal to react with oxygen in the air. The payoff, says the company, will be a lightweight, powerful, and rechargeable battery for the electrical grid and the electrification of transportation. Read the full article at
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22780/

 

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Old 07-20-2009, 06:50 AM
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Default Lithium Air bBattery 10x power

Has anyone heard anything about the Lithium Iron Phospate cells?
I have someone experimenting with them in the PRO I batteries. He says they have better current draw and weigh less. Does anyone have any experience with them?

Thanks,
Dan

 

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