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Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Altairnano) is a business involved in the development and manufacture of ceramic nanomaterials, working with industry and academic partners, to produce products for life sciences, alternative energy, air and water purification and advanced materials applications. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOV Wikipedia policy is that all articles should be written from a neutral point of view. ... Shortcut: WP:RULES Wikipedia is a collaborative project and its founders and contributors have a common goal: Wikipedia has some policies and guidelines that help us to work toward that common goal. ... Fixed Partial Denture, or Bridge The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos). ... A mite next to a gear chain produced using nanotechnology Nanotechnology as a collective term refers to technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0. ... Future energy development face great challenges due to an increasing world population, demands for higher standards of living, demands for less pollution and a much discussed end to fossil fuels. ... Water purification is the removal of contaminants from raw water to produce drinking water that is pure enough for human consumption or for industrial use. ...

Battery

Altairnano has developed new electrode materials for an environmentally safe battery (NanoSafe) with a one-minute recharge and: Altairnano is a industry innovator in the discovery, development and manufacture of ceramic nanomaterials, working with industry and academic partners, have produced novel products for life sciences, alternative energy, air and water purification and advanced materials applications. ...

• Innovative technology
• Green battery design
• Large configuration choices
• No operational safety issues
• Three times the power of existing batteries
• High cycle life—10,000 to 15,000 charges vs. 750 for existing batteries
• The capability to operate in extreme temperatures: -22° to 480° Fahrenheit
• Low life-cycle costs
• Four times longer battery life (est. 20+ years)

An electrode made with nanomaterials does not react with the electrolytes used in most lithium ion systems. No reaction means that no Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) barrier is formed around the electrode, making it easier for lithium ions to reach the surface of the electrode. And, with a nano-structured component, there’s more surface area available to the ions—up to 100 times more surface area than with conventional, graphite electrodes. An electrolyte is a substance containing free ions which behaves as an electrically conductive medium. ... Li-Ion Camera Battery Lithium ion batteries (or Li-ion) have become very common and dropped in price recently. ... An electrode is a conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e. ...

The nanomaterials facilitate access to the active sites required for battery operation. What’s more, the small size of the materials dramatically reduces the distance from the surface to the sites—all of which helps accelerate recharging and discharging. A mite next to a gear chain produced using nanotechnology Nanotechnology as a collective term refers to technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0. ...

Battery electric vehicle using NanoSafe

Battery electric vehicles using NanoSafe are Zero emission vehicles. The battery pack resides under the vehicle. The Toyota RAV4 EV was powered by twenty-four 12 volt batteries, with an operational cost equivalent of over 165 miles per gallon at 2005 US gasoline prices. ... A zero-emissions vehicle, or ZEV will, theoretically, produce no pollution from the vehicle when stationary or operating. ...

Employing 28 Modules (35kWh @ 386V), they can achieve a 218 kilometer (136 mile) range with less than a 10 minute recharge time. The kilowatt-hour (symbol: kW·h) is a unit for measuring energy. ... Look up V, v in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Swedish/Norwegian mil. ... Look up range in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Recharge is the process where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater. ...

In January 2007, Altairnano aquired a 16% stake in Phoenix Motorcars in exchange for a 3-year exclusive agreement to provide their batteries for use in 4-wheeled vehicles. Altairnano will provide up to 500 battery packs in 2007.[1]

See also

• Battery electric vehicle

The Toyota RAV4 EV was powered by twenty-four 12 volt batteries, with an operational cost equivalent of over 165 miles per gallon at 2005 US gasoline prices. ...

References

• Altairnano.
• NanoSafe.