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Given the high energy density of gasoline, the exploration of alternative media to store the energy of powering a car, such as hydrogen or battery, is strongly limited by the energy density of the alternative medium. The same mass of lithium-ion storage, for example, would result in a car with only 2% the range of its gasoline counterpart.
This is an extended version of the energy density table from the main Energy density page: ... battery, Sodium–Nickel Chloride, High Temperature: 0.56:
Ragone plot showing specific energy versus specific power for various energy-storing devices. A Ragone plot (/ r ə ˈ ɡ oʊ n iː / rə-GOH-nee) [1] is a plot used for comparing the energy density of various energy-storing devices. On such a chart the values of specific energy (in W·h/kg) are plotted versus specific power (in W/kg).
Energy density Specific power ... Low self-discharge nickel–metal hydride battery: 500–1,500 [14] Lithium cobalt oxide: 90 500–1,000 Lithium–titanate: 85–90
The watt, kilogram, joule, and the second are part of the International System of Units (SI). The hour is not, though it is accepted for use with the SI.Since a watt equals one joule per second and because one hour equals 3600 seconds, one watt-hour per kilogram can be expressed in SI units as 3600 joules per kilogram.
Nissan Leaf cutaway showing part of the battery in 2009. An electric vehicle battery is a rechargeable battery used to power the electric motors of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) or hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). They are typically lithium-ion batteries that are designed for high power-to-weight ratio and energy density.
The energy content of ethanol is 76,100 BTU/US gal (5.89 kilowatt-hours per litre), compared to 114,100 BTU/US gal (8.83 kWh/L) for gasoline. (see chart above) A flex-fuel vehicle will experience about 76% of the fuel mileage MPG when using E85 (85% ethanol) products as compared to 100% gasoline.
The resulting primary zinc–air battery showed peak power density of ~265 mW/cm 3, current density of ~200 mA/cm 3 at 1 V and energy density >700 Wh/kg. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Rechargeable Zn–air batteries in a tri-electrode configuration exhibited an unprecedented small charge–discharge voltage polarization of ~0.70 V at 20 mA/cm 3 , high ...