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History of Lithium Ion Batteries

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The first commercialized lithium ion battery was introduced by SONY in the year 1991, since then it dominated the power supply market for the portable electronic devices. However, it took almost 21 years to take LIB’s from laboratory to the industry. Lithium is the lightest element and the least dense solid element (0.534 g/cm 3 ). In general, lithium is inflammable and potentially explodes when exposed to air and especially water. It can be safely handled in electrochemical processes since it is the lightest element and also it exhibits the highest oxidation potential of any element.             In mid of 1970, Whittingham at Exxon proposed lithium batteries with lithium metal and titanium (IV) sulfide. However, batteries with lithium metal electrodes faced serious safety measures. Since, lithium is a highly reactive material it catches fire or burns in the normal atmospheric conditions as it reacts with the air and wa...
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Bio-Mimicry

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Self-Cleaning- A Biomimicry How nature cleans itself? If you ask anyone regarding why the plant leaves were acting as a repellent to water and the most major response is ‘a rough surface of leaves’. But what about a rough surface like Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) which isn’t smooth at all yet a most predominant water repellent leaves in the world. Thanks to the exciting digital technologies exists which enable us to have an insight of nature. Lotus leaf                                Lotus leaf                Computer graphics on insight of hydrophobic nature The hydrophobic (Repelling, tending not to combine with) nature of the lotus leaf enables it to stay away from the dirt. Biomimicry             Bio-mimic by the n...
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