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U.S. researchers evaluate organic solar batteries impacts to environment

September 24th, 2010 No comments

To provide a better understanding of the benefits of solar energy and cons of energy and environment, the United States Rochester Institute of Technology research team of scientists recently said that they have completed the life cycle of cells Organic solar, etc. A number of evaluation. The results showed that the production of organic solar cells of the total energy required for the production of inorganic solar cells usually less. dell xps m1210 battery

Solar energy products is expected to choose an oil, “stick” to assume the responsibility to provide energy for mankind. However, current solar cell technology there are some problems, like energy production can not produce a constant, the costs of large-scale production more costly, etc.. In addition, solar energy products on the overall impact on the environmental information is also incomplete. 

The heads of the research project, Rochester Institute of Technology doctoral program, Dr. Cordier Annick Anchor sustainability that organic solar cells could be rolled up and light weight, low production cost is expected to rely mainly on more the inorganic semiconductor materials, solar cell production technology benefits. However, previous work on the use of organic materials, the production of cellular energy right solar technology and environmental impact assessment does not end the analysis should Huode broader assessment Huan Xu Yao Furthermore the production of inorganic solar cells and use of the overall impact. hp pavilion tx1000 battery  vgp-bps8

In the study, and colleagues Ankedier solar energy technologies through a comprehensive assessment inorganic life, trying to calculate the organic solar cell material in the acquisition, manufacture, mass production and Total energy use and environment. Ankedier than in the past of the organic solar cell technology to perform the assessment, not including the various materials of organic solar cells in the standings, that is inorganic solar cells have not calculated the total energy recovery , which is generated when the battery energy and the energy required for production rate. 

The researchers found that compared to inorganic solar cells, organic solar cells, energy payback time is even shorter. The researchers said the data they receive to help designers and manufacturers better understand the potential use and improve technology of organic solar cells, analysis with other solar energy technologies and alternative by compared to the feasibility of organic solar cell technology. dell xps m1330 battery xps m1530 battery

New virus-built battery could power electronic devices

September 20th, 2010 No comments

For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion dell xps m1210 battery.

The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and power performance as state-of-the-art rechargeable batteries being considered to power plug-in hybrid cars, and they could also be used to power a range of personal electronic devices, said Angela Belcher, the MIT materials scientist who led the research team.

The new batteries, described in the April 2 online edition of Science, could be manufactured with a cheap and environmentally benign process: The synthesis takes place at and below room temperature and requires no harmful organic solvents, and the materials that go into the dell laptop battery are non-toxic.

In a traditional lithium-ion laptop battery, lithium ions flow between a negatively charged anode, usually graphite, and the positively charged cathode, usually cobalt oxide or lithium iron phosphate. Three years ago, an MIT team led by Belcher reported that it had engineered viruses that could build an anode by coating themselves with cobalt oxide and gold and self-assembling to form a nanowire.

In the latest work, the team focused on building a highly powerful cathode to pair up with the anode, said Belcher, the Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering. Cathodes are more difficult to build than anodes because they must be highly conducting to be a fast electrode, however, most candidate materials for cathodes are highly insulating (non-conductive).

To achieve that, the researchers, including MIT Professor Gerbrand Ceder of materials science and Associate Professor Michael Strano of chemical engineering, genetically engineered viruses that first coat themselves with iron phosphate, then grab hold of carbon nanotubes to create a network of highly conductive material.

Because the viruses recognize and bind specifically to certain materials (carbon nanotubes in this case), each iron phosphate nanowire can be electrically “wired” to conducting carbon nanotube networks. Electrons can travel along the carbon nanotube networks, percolating throughout the electrodes to the iron phosphate and transferring energy in a very short time.

The viruses are a common bacteriophage, which infect bacteria but are harmless to humans.

The team found that incorporating carbon nanotubes increases the cathode’s conductivity without adding too much weight to the dell xps m1330 battery. In lab tests, batteries with the new cathode material could be charged and discharged at least 100 times without losing any capacitance. That is fewer charge cycles than currently available lithium-ion batteries, but “we expect them to be able to go much longer,” Belcher said.

The prototype is packaged as a typical coin cell battery, but the technology allows for the assembly of very lightweight, flexible and conformable batteries( dell 312-0566 ) that can take the shape of their container.

Last week, MIT President Susan Hockfield took the prototype battery to a press briefing at the White House where she and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the need for federal funding to advance new clean-energy technologies.

Now that the researchers have demonstrated they can wire virus batteries at the nanoscale, they intend to pursue even better batteries( hp compaq 6910p battery  vgp-bps9 ) using materials with higher voltage and capacitance, such as manganese phosphate and nickel phosphate, said Belcher. Once that next generation is ready, the technology could go into commercial production, she said.

Lead authors of the Science paper are Yun Jung Lee and Hyunjung Yi, graduate students in materials science and engineering. Other authors are Woo-Jae Kim, postdoctoral fellow in chemical engineering; Kisuk Kang, recent MIT PhD recipient in materials science and engineering; and Dong Soo Yun, research engineer in materials science and engineering.

The research was funded by the Army Research Office Institute of the Institute of Collaborative Technologies, and the National Science Foundation through the Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers program.

Laptop battery killer – high temperature

April 1st, 2010 No comments

When We use the laptop at home, if using a direct charging AC, then would it be better to take off the laptop battery? To illustrate this, let us first look at a brief form, this table gives the state of charge in different habits and ambient temperature after a certain time to conserve battery capacity changes.

Storage temperature – 40% ——- 100% charge state charge state
0 degrees ——- 98% (a year later )—– 94% (a year later)
25 degrees —— 96% (a year later )—– 80% (one year later)
40 degrees —— 85% (a year later )—– 65% (one year later)
60 degrees —— 75% (60% a year later )—– (3 months later)

Can be seen from the table, high charge state and high temperature accelerated the decline in battery capacity. Well, now you may wish to imagine that if the laptop battery will not take down what is a state of notebook computers at this time because the role of charging protection circuit, so that the battery be maintained at 95-100% of the high charge state, at a time when the battery the ambient temperature in which at least 30 ° c or so, if it is hot weather, the temperature will be higher, to return to the top of the table you will get what conclusion? There is no doubt that this will accelerate the decline in capacity laptop battery!

Therefore, the stability of the AC power supply, (Note: is the stability of the AC power supply) to remove the battery to use the computer as much as possible. If you intend to use for long periods of battery, battery charge to 40% should be placed in a cool place after the preservation (so experts recommended storage conditions for the charge level is 40%, storage temperature is below 15 degrees or lower), and if fully charged place the battery under high temperature, this will cause great damage to the battery. Table has also been seen, 100% charge in 60 ° c environmental preservation, after 3 months the battery capacity has dropped by 40%. Kept on hold for at least a month the battery would be used once the battery put something, charge your energy, so to avoid loss of activity of ion battery.

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