{"id":12117,"date":"2019-05-02T17:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T00:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12117"},"modified":"2019-05-02T17:17:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T00:17:05","slug":"cuberg-battery-flies-70-percent-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/cuberg-battery-flies-70-percent-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuberg Battery Flies 70 Percent Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transportup.com\/headlines-breaking-news\/cubergs-battery-produces-70-increase-in-flight-time-for-drones\/\">Cuberg\u2019s recent test between their battery and a conventional lithium-ion battery<\/a> resulted in the Cuberg battery keeping a drone flying 70-percent longer.\u00a0 Given that the test is for two packs of equal weight, the result is an impressive one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/323925269?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cuberg\u2019s co-founder and CEO has prepared for this success since his undergraduate days as a SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research\u00a0Fellowship) Fellow, putting his summer vacations to good use.\u00a0 He used the knowledge and experience he gained in three summer fellowships to help lead a dozen students \u201cto design and develop innovative and efficient mechanical systems (including HVAC, hot water, insulation, appliances, and more) for the Solar Decathlon net-zero house competition.\u201d\u00a0 The team won first place in the hot water contest and second place in the engineering contest in the Decathlon.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he worked as an intern at Tesla Motors, using \u201cphysical, chemical, and electrochemical characterization techniques to study the degradation mechanisms of Li-ion batteries at the Cell Research Lab.\u201d This led to the discovery of \u201ca novel degradation mechanism in the battery cathode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford under Dr. Yi Cui from 2011 to 2016, and acted as an engineering advisor. Obviously talented, he was accepted into Cyclotron Road, Cyclotron Road, \u201cA home for top entrepreneurial researchers to advance technologies until they can succeed beyond the research lab. Its purpose: support critical technology development and help identify the most suitable business models, partners, and financing mechanisms for long-term impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The long-term impact of his firm\u2019s batteries may be significant. With batteries being the major obstacle to hundreds of enterprises embarking on the road to producing viable electric vertical takeoff and landing or conventional aircraft, 70-percent improvements in range and endurance are noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s web site defines Richard Wang\u2019s goals for it. \u201cCuberg is an energy startup company developing a new generation of safer and higher energy batteries based on an entirely new chemistry coming out of research at Stanford University. Our technology will power the portable electronics of the future and bring about electric vehicles with improved affordability and range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuberg&#8217;s battery structure.\u00a0 A great deal depends on the stable electrolyte that makes the use of a lithium metal anode possible.<\/p>\n<p>A big part of Cuberg\u2019s success comes from its electrolyte, the source of concern in conventional Li-ion cells. Cuberg notes that scaling up the energy demand on batteries makes their fire hazard grow.\u00a0\u00a0 Not being able to vent gases from a hot battery leads to overheating and thermal runaway. Cuberg\u2019s electrolyte is stable, even when overheated. Their electrolyte can even be incorporated into existing batteries, with safer operation as a result. But Cuberg\u2019s combination of a lithium metal anode, proprietary electrolyte, and high-energy cathode probably enabled that 70-percent endurance advantage in their recent test.<\/p>\n<p>We can hardly wait for the company to achieve commercial breakthroughs that equal their battery advancements. Boeing and the Department of Energy have helped with funding in the last year, with Boeing having a vested interest in seeing company possibly provide batteries for their Zunum electric airliners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fcuberg-battery-flies-70-percent-longer%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuberg\u2019s recent test between their battery and a conventional lithium-ion battery resulted in the Cuberg battery keeping a drone flying 70-percent longer.\u00a0 Given that the test is for two packs of equal weight, the result is an impressive one. 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