Archive for May, 2009

GS Yuasa and Mitsubishi’s electric vehicle lithium-ion battery joint venture plant to expand production capacity

According to Reuters, citing the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, GS Yuasa (GS Yuasa) will work with Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Corporation jointly build a new plant, the production of  laptop battery electric vehicles. The report also said that the new plant will enable the battery production increased three-fold.
GS Yuasa, Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Corporation in December 12, 2007 set up a joint venture Lithium Energy Japan. July 31, 2008, the joint venture factory address - Kusatsu City, Shiga, Japan Kasayama - confirmed. In August 2008 announced that the joint venture: The fiscal year 2008 (April 2008 -2009 3 months) completed the trial production, and from the 2009 fiscal year (April 2009 -2010 in March) the beginning of mass production “LEV50″ lithium-ion sony battery , with an annual output target is 200,000 for 2009, Mitsubishi plans to market the electric car “i MiEV” (car sales in 2009 plans to 2000) used.
April 21 this year, GS Yuasa and Honda hybrid cars lithium-ion  VGP BPS9 battery joint venture company Blue Energy Co., Ltd in Japan, Kyoto Prefecture field Fukuchiyama Town Mayor held a foundation stone laying ceremony. The plant is expected to put into operation in autumn 2010.

Flexible ultra-thin silicon solar cells will provide an alternative

Stepped down from the roof solar
In people’s eyes, the roof of photovoltaic cells has long been commonplace. But one day in the future, more compact than the current micro-photovoltaic cells will be applied in more areas, windows, roof sunshades and even their shadow will appear.
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Professor of Materials Science and Engineering John Rogers (John A. Rogers)  and his research team invented a new technology, makes the plastic, cloth materials printed on translucent materials such as ultra-thin flexible silicon cells possible.
Solar energy to put on body
If the technology will eventually lead to large-scale applications, will now generally fixed at the roof of the solar power industry with an alternative to stepped down from the roof as soon as possible. New type of silicon cells can be printed on the plastic surface of the volume, and create a variety of functions, can be printed on T shirt or other clothing, in the acquisition of energy when people wear.
Dr. Luo Jiesi and his team manufactured using standard printing such a silicon solar cell, the thickness of silicon less than the traditional process of one-tenth of the laptop battery . In addition, the battery array can muffle a pencil firmly, showing its flexibility is also very good. Technology has been licensed to Durham, North Carolina, (Durham) semiconductor companies Semprius, the company plans to launch in a year to manufacture the silicon cell module.
University of California at Berkeley (the University of California, Berkeley) and an assistant professor of electrical engineerJiewei Allison (Ali Javey) in the “natural materials” (Nature Materials) comment that the magazine, Rogers Dr. methods for large-scale the production of highly efficient solar cells and high toughness provides a new idea.
Traditional crafts manufacturing silicon solar cells rigid, heavy and opaque, but because of the stability characteristics of high-performance, as well as the inexhaustible resources of the silicon so that it continues to occupy the mainstream in the market Inspiron E1505 battery . But easy to brittle silicon ultimately limit the scope of its application. Dr. Jiewei said: “Dr. Luo Jiesi has solved a series of technical barriers, new technologies can be silicon or other inorganic substances in the interception of TLC and thin-layer attached to these other materials on the surface.”
The new silicon
Dr. Luo Jiesi and his team in the past 5 years has been engaged in research and development of flexible electronic components, this technology is nothing more than their follow-up results of previous studies. Dr. Luo Jiesi said they will first printing plate using standard thin solar cells will be installed to the semiconductor chip, and then seal with a soft rubber to other materials.
Dr. Luo Jiesi added: “The seal of the adhesive surface energy absorption from silicon cells, you can imagine at this time into a silicon seal on the Latitude D620 battery  of the ‘ink’, and then we seal the battery to other printed materials, such as this piece of plastic above. ”
Harvard University Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, the famous chemist George Seitz (George M. Whitesides), said Dr. Luo Jiesi on the one hand, relying on the results of research in recent years, advances in silicon technology system, on the other hand, to overcome the large-scale application of silicon can not be the fundamental defect.
He said: “The performance of silicon did not say, but previous rough rigid silicon production caused a lot of constraints. Dr. Luo Jiesi interception technology will be applied to inorganic silicon area of the system to overcome the traditional crafts produced by the lack of flexible silicon fundamental flaws. the new technology system not only to retain the traditional silicon technology, but also in related fields to lay the foundation for technological innovation. ”
The thinner the lower cost
Translucent silicon micro-batteries  2M400 , 2P700 , 312-0279 , 312-0383  will also have a number of characteristics of new uses, for example, can be stained as a power-type window paint, people can change the battery to regulate the density of the translucent windows. Coating on the more sparse cell density, the transmittance of the window, the better.
Durham, North Carolina in the factory, Semprius is solar arrays for the R & D technology and busy.Rogers CEO (Joe Carr) said new technology allows the company some of the many opportunities to cope.
The company is also to include the Motor Company’s potential customers, including R & D of photovoltaic modules. Karl said of the automobile manufacturers to equip with new cells are very interested in the roof.
Dr. Luo Jiesi said: “The flexibility and transparency of these features is excellent, but the light is the biggest advantage of the new Inspiron XPS M170 battery . The cost of solar power is the greatest enemy of the industry, only the unit cost of power generation dropped to low enough, the solar power generation can be large-scale applications. new battery technology often only 2 microns thick (1 micron to 100 great 1 m), and you know, the more thin battery lower cost. “

German spending huge sums to develop lithium batteries into the era of new energy automobiles

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Recently, auto industry consultant for the research department was informed that starting this year, Germany launched a 360 million euros vehicle lithium-ion battery development program, almost all German cars and carry-owned energy giant to join.
The German government said the plan, the German mark will enter the era of electric vehicles. At the same time, Daimler Motor Company and RWE energy company that will work together to build 500 electric vehicle charging station. German auto industry alliance is expected to Germany in 2012 will be completed before the series of electric vehicles and off commercial production started.
According to the consultant for the automotive industry analysts pointed out Lee Sheng-mao, new energy sources for electric vehicles is the focus of automotive development, and the driving force for lithium batteries for electric vehicles is a source of motivation, the present power lithium battery technology bottleneck is almost resolved, the upcoming production stage to enter the industry. Now, the international automobile giants have been developed and will be the development of lithium battery power on the strategic position.
At present, Japan’s R & D aspects of lithium batteries in the world. Disclosure by the Industrial Policy Bureau of Japan, Japan will strive in 2010 the new lithium batteries for next-generation electric vehicles. Toyota, Nissan Motor and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. signed an agreement and other related enterprises, efforts to develop uniform specifications for a new generation of automotive lithium-ion battery, and plans volume production in 2 years. Toshiba decided to spend ¥ 50,000,000,000 Development of electric vehicles using lithium-ion battery, this high-performance driving force within the next two years to enter the semi-commercial production.
Popularization of electric vehicles is a critical need to have sufficient power to add bases. Tokyo Electric Power announced that it would take the lead to participate in the infrastructure construction in the metropolitan area to more than 200 charging stations, after three years to more than 1000.
Tokyo Electric Power has successfully developed large-scale rapid charger, the charging time significantly shortened. It is reported that a full charge every 10 minutes, beyond the distance they traveled is 60 km. At present, the cost of the establishment of a charger is ¥ 4,000,000. The company in Japan’s supermarket car parks, convenience stores and post offices and other public places have building equipment chargers. It is estimated that if the high-performance lithium batteries for more promotion, in Japan the use of the hybrid to reach the level of 7.2 million. Industry believes that the electric car market to the development of the next decade to how the size will depend on whether the cost of lithium batteries can quickly be reduced.
Driving force in the development of lithium batteries and electric vehicles, the distance between China and developed countries have been getting smaller and smaller. According to “Nikkei Electronics News,” the statistics, at present, in BYD Li-ion batteries and nickel-metal hydride batteries only in Sanyo, Sony and Panasonic, the become with each of the three Japanese manufacturers of the famous giant international battery. In the field of electric vehicles, BYD can say that has to go the forefront of the industry. BYD market by the end of 2008 hybrid vehicles F3DM, can be the same as mobile phone, the charging socket in the home, that is over seven hours, broke the electric vehicle battery charging station to be in professional charge of the bottleneck. Hybrid vehicles in general use in low-speed electric drives, high-speed motor on the need to drive with the engine and fuel. However, F3DM electric drive can be used alone, the maximum speed of 150 km and range up to 100 km mileage. In contrast, the currently available dual-mode technology — the other two companies General Motors and Toyota are the electric cars for sale, a charge can only travel 25 kilometers.

US-Japan cooperative research clean hydrogen battery

US-Japan cooperative research clean hydrogen battery

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Officials in recent days the United States and Japan cooperative research in clean hydrogen energy technology to reach a consensus. January 8, in Japan, visiting U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry signed a cooperative research on hydrogen and fuel cell technology of paper battery technology. Abraham said that international cooperation is the key to achieve both goals. Hydrogen battery is considered a clean and highly efficient battery. People to promote the use of hydrogen energy, said people will no longer be dependent on oil, they asked for a reduction in pollution. Japan and the United States officials and technical experts will be in fuel cells and technology policy, as well as hydrogen production, storage and transport technology cooperation. Japan and the United States is the “hydrogen economy International Cooperation Organization” members. The organization set up in November last year to promote hydrogen production, storage, transport and end-user and technical exchanges, to complete the common use of hydrogen battery code and meet the relevant standard.

Glucose battery

Glucose battery

Power shortage? Increasing miniaturization of electronic devices can not find the right hp nc6200 battery , hp nc6220 battery , hp nc6230 battery? Do not worry, use of our body, a variety of biological cells can also generate electricity - Micro-bio-batteries would provide a steady flow of human energy

The movie “The Matrix”: in the distant future, intelligent machines rule the world, they learned of the potential use of a ubiquitous power source - human. These machines in the industrialized ranch on “stocking” of mankind and the human body to absorb the current release. You, me, and he became a battery.

Fortunately, the evolution of civilization is not so fast. However, this film is real. Living cells and their large collection (that is, a variety of organisms including the human body) can indeed have a small amount of current. But until now, scientists have only in the idea of how to take advantage of this energy.

There is no doubt that the use of the organism when the hp nx6110 battery , hp nx6120 battery , hp nx6125 battery  has many advantages. A bio-fuel cell can be in a secure area of the body current, while at the same time as the use of fossil fuels pollute the environment as a by-product produced, and it was also small in size, durability, etc., which are micro-electrical is a Gospel.

The secret power of living cells

Why the generation of living cells? Levels in biology, the living cells through the “Sugar” and accept by way of sunlight energy, but from the physics point of view, at the molecular level, all cells of the way the energy in the final analysis is to obtain atomic and molecular electronic exchanges between the shuttle.

Smaller number of adhesion molecules, it is easy to lose one or two electronic. In addition a number of molecular electronics is free but the appetite, in obtaining the release of electrons at the same time, some energy. Cells residing in the supply and the need for such a center. For example, in some of the help of special enzymes, yeast break down sugar molecules in order to obtain a number of electronics, and then put them to the oxygen molecules in the vicinity. This process produced water and carbon dioxide, and a little energy, the energy obtained by yeast. This process can be seen as the Pentium in the electronic flow of sub-atomic economy.

Rather than current level, but a series of electronic flow stability. An artificial cell power plant is a microform. Its battery power is generated by chemical substances. Battery use is very convenient, because the electronic electrode through their outflow, you can easily put it received MP3 players, flashlights, toys, lighters on. If micro-organisms can also do that, we just put them to the electrodes of the electronic focus, rather than to the elements they are scattered, you can use them to generate electricity.

“E. coli cells” rotating fan

  However, biotechnology is used to power many of the difficulties, the most stubborn obstacle is wrapped in the extracellular membrane. The majority of microorganisms are deep in the body where there are enzymes to process electronic. Therefore, the search for organic compounds tend to be slid into the membrane of the soluble electron acceptor, such as oxygen, the resulting electron capture, and then export the electronic. However, man-made electrode is insoluble and can not be used for generating micro-organisms. Reversing some of the chemical medium can do this kind of thing, that is, in the inter-electrode cells and transmission electronics, could we do that are usually expensive and not very effective, also need to continue to add.

In order to solve the problem use of biological electricity, the United States St. Louis University biochemist who made a special thank new method. She did not study the internal mechanism of micro-organisms, but studies of the external mechanism of micro-organisms. Two years ago, her research team extracted from E. coli by the enzyme, the use of alcohol to produce a decomposition of the enzyme do fuel cells, can be received directly on the circuit. This is a non-charged wall of the microbial fuel cell. Enzyme alcohol into vinegar, producing a weak current.

This is not the size of a small fuel cell, in order to bring a cell phone, the need for 20 square inches of the enzyme so fuel. Mintel said: “We have use of our bio-fuel cell drive small electric fan rotation, but not useful to do any of the energy-driven air-conditioning or similar equipment.”

“Glucose battery” into blood vessels

Sugar is the main living cells energy source, they everywhere, from alcohol to gas, from the cock to the body fluids, both contain sugar. Once scientists learn how to develop it, it means that to find a limitless energy source. A cup of sugar to do with fuel cells can bacteria make a 60-watt light bulb for 17 hours.

University of Texas Helena Adam designed the use of sugar biological cells, this battery by the two parallel plate micro-optical components. Each fiber board are coated with an enzyme: the snatch sugar in cathode electronics, electronic-oriented anode oxygen. A 1 / 4 inches long so the device can generate 600 pa3399u-1brs,pa3399u-2brs, toshiba satellite a100 battery of current, enough to drive a micro-circuit.

Compared with traditional batteries, manufacture of biological cells to the greatest difficulty lies in the miniaturization of its shell. Through a number of clever technology, Helena has been known to create the smallest cell, which were put into small enough to be human blood vessel, and where do the glucose fuel. For medical implants in the human body for glucose monitors, this is a perfect re-power source, however. According to Helena of the invention can also be important to create another product: signal immediately in accordance with the patients blood glucose level measured instruments. Diabetic patients which will be a Po.

Bio-power generation, a bright future.

2009 January-March exports battery data Kunshan

For consultants in Tip: OO II nine years the first quarter of 1782, Kunshan Export batteries A1175 , A1185 approved, the value of 44,920,000 U.S. dollars, 2447 and approved the Second OO eight years, compared to 664 billion U.S. dollars, exports declined 27.2 percent batch, the value decreased by 24.8% decreased significantly.
China Investment Advisory Network II OO hearing nine-year first quarter of 1782, Kunshan Export batteries approved, the value of 44,920,000 U.S. dollars, with two eight-year 2447 grant OO, compared to 664 billion U.S. dollars, exports declined 27.2 percent batch, the value decreased by 24.8% decreased significantly.
Kunshan region laptop battery industry in order to assemble the main processing, and products are mainly exported to the United States, Europe, Taiwan and other countries and regions. Enterprises by purchasing the original battery core, after their series-parallel connected protection circuit and casing, can be assembled for customers to use the consumer battery products. Kunshan Export Processing Zone, based on annual consumption of tens of millions of Taiwan’s exports of electronics products, the majority of processing enterprises battery on the notebook computer batteries, cell phone battery, GPS battery, apple battery , such as game consoles and consumer electronics products of the whole assembly and aftermarket accessories market. Of these categories of exports accounted for battery battery Kunshan region exports more than 98%.
By the financial crisis, U.S. and European markets to buy consumer electronics declining demand in the fourth quarter of 2008, the U.S. sales in 2007 declined 3.5% over the same period the overall circumstances, DELL in 2007 fell by 16.4%, HP is the same period last year a decrease of 3.3%.
In addition to start in 2009, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to export battery transport regulations to implement the new lithium batteries Pavilion dv2000 , HSTNN-LB31 , F4486B also had an impact on the cost of exports. In response to these unfavorable situation, the Kunshan battery export enterprises on the one hand, the gradual breakdown of the original market for the rapid development of 2008’s low-cost notebook computer (commonly known as the Internet) to carry out targeted market, product development and promotion, at the same time fostering the development of new market, for example, an enterprise Kunshan European market for portable battery back-up products in the 08-09 years of good performance.

Thin-film battery line Zhengtai launched

May 25, Zhejiang Chint Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. the first 20-megawatt amorphous thin-film battery ceramic production lines will be put into trial production, the production of solar cells from China will enter the “film era.”
In January this year, by the company developed the first true sense of a piece of thin-film solar cells on the official line, which is China’s first solar thin film products laptop battery , to fill the gap.
Chint Group Corporation is the largest manufacturer of low voltage electrical appliances. Chairman Nan said, “Zhengtai” is designed to do from so high, so the new transformation is a promising vector photovoltaic industry.
Zhejiang Chint Solar Technology Co., Ltd., general manager of Dr. Yang Liyou for “Zhengtai” a second-generation thin film solar cell technology, solar cells, he and other areas of optoelectronic devices have 18 patents.Yang liyoutold reporters that the current widely used throughout the photovoltaic industry is the first generation of production technology, with more expected, the cost is relatively high. Crystalline silicon solar cells of about 0.2 millimeters in thickness, and “Zhengtai” using the second generation of solar cells (thin-film batteries) the thickness of only 1%, less than one twentieth of hair, the generation cost of power generation products is only half. “In a few years, the use of second-generation thin film solar cells cost of power generation products BPS9 , BPS9/B , BPS9A , with the current cost of the same thermal power.”Yang liyouwith a vision.
At present, “Zhengtai” solar cells in investment projects for nearly 20 billion, 20-megawatt pilot production of the domestic first amorphous thin-film toshiba PA3384U-1BRS  battery Microcrystal production line, is expected this year, up to 10 billion yuan output value. “It can meet the 1300 requirements for family day-to-day use of electricity,” Nan said, “Our goal is to have in 2013 so that the annual production capacity of 1,000 megawatts.”

Fake mobile phone batteries

Fake mobile phone batteries

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Crack down on fake and shoddy cell phone batteries, Nokia will take stringent measures

Reuters reported on November 16, the world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia announced Thursday, had been taken, including cooperation with the police raid, including measures to combat counterfeit mobile phone batteries. Nokia recently the company’s image on their mobile phone batteries due to reports of the fire hit.

Nokia reiterated that the original battery did not find the fire incident occurred, and directed against a third party battery manufacturers products or counterfeit goods, Nokia will begin next year to crack down on unauthorized cell phone market activities. However, they also recognize the illegal counterfeit products are often difficult to distinguish.

The sudden appearance of a large number of recently reported to the Netherlands from countries such as Vietnam, Nokia mobile phone batteries overheating occurred and caused the fire or explosion. Nokia said in a statement, “In each case, the problem proved Neither the original battery batteries, their manufacture do not meet industry safety standards.”

A Nokia spokesman said the company did not authorize any matching battery manufacturers to produce its own brand of battery used in Nokia phones, the company only to encourage the use of Nokia brand batteries.

Nokia also said that companies have to take the initiative in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and other European countries to cooperate with the police conduct surprise raids and seized tens of thousands of counterfeit products.

Pollution problems

Pollution problems

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Pollution problems, the city set up a recycling of used batteries of electric vehicles

Reported December 30 in recent years, electric car sales surge at the same time, an alarming number of used batteries, which contain toxic metals lead, the survival of our environment.

It is understood that so far, only the urban areas, the electric bicycle has a number of factories and sales outlets are everywhere. City vehicles to the Department of Building managers should bo told reporters that the BCCI in 2002 on sales of nearly 10,000 electric vehicles, while sales volume in 2003 has far exceeded this figure. I understand that the market is currently used in electric bicycle battery is about 70% of lead-acid batteries, 30% of nickel cadmium batteries, the life about a year. This produces every year a large number of used batteries will be a serious risk of pollution.

How will people’s lives to bring these problems to find the end-result of the used batteries? A few days ago, Electric Co., Ltd. Ningbo city BCCHK building and cooperation, the establishment of a joint in the urban electric vehicle batteries the recycle bin (place in the eight-character bridge), is responsible for processing by the manufacturers.

Hot Electric Bicycle

Hot Electric Bicycle

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Electric bicycle sales, battery recycling issue is the development of the bottleneck

Referred to as “small donkey” fuel scooters because the urban environment pollution will be banned tomorrow the road in the urban area. The industry predicted that the electric scooters will become the new darling of the public.

Fuel will be the history of scooters

The rise of fuel scooters in 1995, relying on a separate lubrication system, single-cylinder two-stroke engine, belonging to the non-motor vehicles, but in fact the speed to fast track non-motorized bicycles and pedestrians pose a security threat. Other fuel combustion scooters inadequate exhaust emissions in high concentrations of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, have done great harm to people’s health.

In response, the city government in 1997 made a fuel stop on the licensing decision scooters. In the past two years, as awareness of environmental protection among the people, the elimination of fuel rising voices of scooters, the city people’s congress deputies and CPPCC members the city several times to move the proposal. Last year, the provincial Economic and Trade Commission, Public Security jointly issued a document, etc., clearly stipulates that “fuel the use of scooters for the 5-year period shall not be delayed.” Accordingly, not long ago, the city government decided to December 25, 2003 to more than five years since the duration of the license the use of fuel scooters to implement end-of-life, since January 1, 2004, the highway in the urban areas - Century Boulevard - Chang Hung tunnel - Ring Road - Airport Road to form the closed loop (including the road) within the scope of, the prohibition of road traffic fuel scooters. It is reported that the city fuel scooters are involved in 58,000, of which there are 17,000 urban areas.

Electric bicycle and on homeopathy

Electric vehicle is a power-driven bicycle. According to the city of Valley Electric Vehicle Association president Decai introduced in 2002, sales of electric bikes for the whole country 1.6 million in 2003 soared to 3,000,000. Will be implemented in 2004 the “National Road Safety Law,” to determine the electric bike’s status as a non-motor vehicles. It is understood that in 2003 total sales of electric bikes in our city of about 45,000, but almost the size of the cities of Ningbo, Suzhou City, sales reached 90,000.

Electric bicycle and bike compared to the relative labor-saving, comfortable; compared with the motorcycle, the relative energy efficiency, safety; scooters and fuel compared to a relatively environmentally friendly, cheap. Growth in sales year after year prove that the market has some preference for electric bikes.

Ningbo, a number of manufacturers and sellers to seize the favorable opportunities came one after another. Ningbo large-scale access to Carrefour, Hymall more than 40 supermarkets, in 2003 electric vehicle production and sales of 40,000, based on in 2004 to 100,000 red slash. Xinjiang Xiamen city electric bicycle every day leading up to 50, sales of nearly 100,000 yuan. It is estimated that in 2004 the sales of electric bicycles throughout the city will reach about 60,000.

Battery recycling issues to be resolved

Electric bicycle also has “weaknesses”, that is, it uses no batteries, such as recycling, use, environmental pollution can be. It is understood that, at present, the use of electric bicycle aluminum multi-acid batteries and lithium batteries, which in the production process and use of the old battery acid and lead, chromium and other heavy metals, hazardous to humans. At present, the electric car not to discard old batteries relatively common phenomenon, the lower the recovery rate.

Fortunately, there are enterprises begin to take action. Electric car battery production in our province large “super-wai” battery company executives said that next year the company’s electric vehicles will recycle old batteries, make a commitment to the consumer: in 2004 to carry out 10 games in the country “green action” special events, publicity electric vehicle battery recycling old ideas.