/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9292/all en /newsroom/george-demopoulos Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:05:44 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 262275 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/bright-future-self-charging-batteries-267829 <p>Who hasn’t lived through the frustrating experience of being without a phone after forgetting to recharge it? This could one day be a thing of the past thanks to technology being developed by Hydro-Québec and Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.</p> <p>Lithium-ion batteries have allowed the rapid proliferation of all kinds of mobile devices such as phones, tablets and computers. These tools however require frequent re-charging because of the limited energy density of their batteries.</p> Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:27:50 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 27317 at /newsroom