Nissan patent tin in silicon titanium alloy for lithium ion batteries
Nissan has filed an international patent application for using tin in a silicon alloy with titanium in lithium ion battery anodes. The patent application by Nissan Motors, Japan describes an anode composition based on a silicon alloy with titanium in a TiS2 form and...
HyperSolar team announces breakthrough hydrogen production using tin
US startup HyperSolar have announced their successful development of renewable hydrogen production technology, splitting water in sunlight using platinum-doped tin sulphide. The HyperSolar research team, based at University of Iowa, have published a paper highlighting...
Tin sulphide can produce electricity from waste heat in metal smelting plants
Researchers at MIT, US have shown that molten tin sulphide can be used on the large scale to capture waste heat from metals smelting plants and convert it to electricity, making operations more sustainable. The molten material can be used inside a metal jacket around...
Scientists boost solar cell efficiency by 7% using tin oxide
Scientists in India have added a layer of tin oxide to the back of silicon solar cells, boosting efficiency by 7%. The team at the Sanketika Institute of Technology and Management, India applied a nanocoating of tin oxide onto the glass, causing exiting light to be...
Kasbah ditches SSO strategy
Australia-based tin explorer and developer, Kasbah Resources, plans to adapt the development strategy for its Achmmach Tin Project in Morocco following a technical review of the 2016 Small Start Option (SSO) Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) previously envisaged for...
Tin enables first magnesium battery to run at room temperature
Scientists in Korea have demonstrated an Mg2Sn magnesium-tin alloy electrode enabling magnesium batteries to now be operated at room temperature. Magnesium is much cheaper and more abundant than lithium and has 170% higher energy capacity, but until now the electrodes...
StoreDot patent tin for lithium ion battery anodes
Startup company StoreDot, voted by the tech world as the number one most disruptive startup, has applied for a patent using tin as the main constituent of its lithium-ion battery anodes. The patent application is for an anode made from 5-80% tin, alloyed with silicon...
Liquid tin bismuth battery for grid-scale energy storage
A team at University of Kentucky have patented a liquid metal battery using tin and bismuth electrodes, with molten zinc chloride, for grid-scale energy storage. The Liquid Metal Battery (LMB) concept is decades old but has been first re-invented in modern times by...
Toyota Tokyo team develop tin silicon for solid state eVs
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, previously collaborating with Toyota, have developed a tin silicon superionic conductor for solid state lithium ion batteries used in electric vehicles. Toyota has announced that it aims to leapfrog early electric vehicle...