I know we have all read about the battery fires and overheating lithium-ion batteries. We see it on the news, read it in newspapers, and find it all over the internet.
Altairnano has been working on getting rid of this problem. Working with nanotechnology, they have developed a new anode material using nanostructured lithium titanate spinel [...]

To further our commitment to the environment and being responsible people, we have partnered with Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC in order to start accepting your used Ni-Cad, NiMH, and Lithium-Ion rechargeable batteries.
A company based in Cartersville GA, they are the 2nd largest rechargeable battery recycler in the country. As we all take a little responsibility [...]

Looks like the brains over at MIT are at it again. Led by Paula T. Hammond, a group of chemical engineers are working on improving the performance of methanol fuel-cells. What they have been focusing on is the separator between the cathode and anode. The current material is called Nafion, however this material has several [...]

I know I ranted a bit the other day about the prices that are constantly going up and up. I was reminded again when I had 2 more pages of price increases cross my desk today. Lead seems to be stabilizing a bit however the costs in the electrolyte, fiberglass separator, even the polystyrene/polypropylene casing [...]

There is a group of companies namely Sharp Corporation, Daiwa House Industry Co., and Dai Nippon Printing Co. that have decided to join forces. They’ve decided to join forces in order to design and build a large scale storage battery for household systems. Your average home will use around 12kwh in power a day. Their [...]

The “AH” that you see on most batteries stands for amp-hour. What this basically means is one amp for one hour, or 10 amps for 1/10 of an hour and so forth. It is amps X hours. If you have something that pulls 20 amps, and you use it for 20 minutes, then the amp-hours [...]

I know this can be a bit confusing as the abbreviations to these are CA and CCA, respectively. Now the cranking amps (CA) are frequently called marine cranking amps (MCA) to add a little to the confusion. What the difference boils down to:
-Cold Cranking Amps are how many amps the battery can maintain for 30 [...]

What is a CCA? What are Cold Cranking Amps? These are questions we get frequently here at Batteryweb.com. Let me see if I can clarify a bit. The cold cranking ampere (CCA) rating refers to the number of amperes a battery can support for 30 seconds at a temperature of 0°F until the battery voltage [...]

Free warning this will be a bit of a rant more than anything else. As with most things right now prices are going up. There are several reasons for this, both factual and conjecture.
One fact that is undeniable is the fact that a year ago lead was under 50 cents a pound and is now [...]

Toshiba has been working hard to get past some of the problems inherent in Lithium-Ion batteries. They have developed a stable battery called the SCiB that can handle a fast charge (at 50A) and be at 90% capacity in 5 minutes.
With a high heat resistant separator the chances of thermal runaway are diminished. Even as [...]