Australian/Korean Nanotechnology Collaboration to Develop High-Performance Battery

Summary posted by Meridian on 1/28/2009
Source: Nanowerk
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The University of Wollongong's (UOW) Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and Kangnung University, Gangwon, South Korea, will use nanotechnology to develop a new high-performance energy storage device. The universities were chosen by the government of New South Wales to receive a US$100,000 joint research grant. The researchers hope to combine the advantages of both lithium-ion batteries and supercapicators to develop a hybrid device capable of storing and instantly generating large amounts of energy that can also be recharged many times. The resulting device could have a huge impact on mobile phones and digital cameras. According to Jodi McKay, NSW's Minister for Science and Medical Research, "[T]his is cutting edge research that is capable of making improvements to products that we use everyday....South Korea is an important partner in the Asia Pacific and there is strong potential for NSW and Gangwon to work together through this grants program to explore future business and economic opportunities." The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	Australian/Korean Nanotechnology Collaboration to Develop High-Performance Battery Summary posted by Meridian on 1/28/2009 Source: Nanowerk Author: n/a The University of Wollongong's (UOW) Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and Kangnung University, Gangwon, South Korea, will use nanotechnology to develop a new high-performance energy storage device. The universities were chosen by the government of New South Wales to receive a US$100,000 joint research grant. The researchers hope to combine the advantages of both lithium-ion batteries and supercapicators to develop a hybrid device capable of storing and instantly generating large amounts of energy that can also be recharged many times. The resulting device could have a huge impact on mobile phones and digital cameras. According to Jodi McKay, NSW's Minister for Science and Medical Research, "[T]his is cutting edge research that is capable of making improvements to products that we use everyday....South Korea is an important partner in the Asia Pacific and there is strong potential for NSW and Gangwon to work together through this grants program to explore future business and economic opportunities." The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=9057.php As tagged by Meridian Institute: Energy: Batteries Implications: Human Enhancement, Governance, Economic Competitiveness Nanomaterials: Metal Nanoparticle Regions: East and South Asia and the Pacific Stakeholders: Government, Industry, Academia, International Institutions Related Forums: Economic Competitiveness Governance print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More] Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More] Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More] Nanotech on Farmers' Fields -- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.