Nanobatteries

Image left: shows what a nanosized battery looks like under Transmission Electron Spectrometry (TEM) Image center and right: NIST was able to use TEM to view nanosized batteries and discovered that there probably exists a limit to how thin an electrolyte layer can be until the battery malfunctions.[1] Credit: Talin/NIST Author: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Nanobatteries are fabricated batteries employing technology at the nanoscale, particles that measure less than 100 nanometers or 10−7 meters.[2][3] These batteries may be nano in size or may use nanotechnology in a macro scale battery. Nanoscale batteries can be combined to function as a macrobattery such as within a nanopore battery.[4]

Traditional lithium-ion battery technology uses active materials, such as cobalt-oxide or manganese oxide, with particles that range in size between 5 and 20 micrometers (5000 and 20000 nanometers – over 100 times nanoscale). It is hoped that nano-engineering will improve many of the shortcomings of present battery technology, such as volume expansion and power density.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Swenson, Gayle (2012-03-20). "Nanopower: Avoiding Electrolyte Failure in Nanoscale Lithium Batteries". NIST. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  2. ^ Sattler, Klaus D. (2011-01-01). Handbook of nanophysics. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781420075465. OCLC 731419474.
  3. ^ Cleveland, Cutler J. (2009-01-01). Dictionary of energy. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080964911. OCLC 890665370.
  4. ^ Liu, Chanyuan; Gillette, Eleanor I.; Chen, Xinyi; Pearse, Alexander J.; Kozen, Alexander C.; Schroeder, Marshall A.; Gregorczyk, Keith E.; Lee, Sang Bok; Rubloff, Gary W. (2014). "An all-in-one nanopore battery array". Nature Nanotechnology. 9 (12): 1031–1039. Bibcode:2014NatNa...9.1031L. doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.247. PMID 25383515.
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