Battery Science – News and Features

To improve electrical performance in the extreme cold, researchers have replaced the traditional graphite anode in a lithium-ion battery with a bumpy carbon-based material, which maintains its rechargeable storage capacity down to -31 F.

Scientists have successfully synthesized graphyne, which has been theorized for decades but never successfully produced.

A sensor has been designed that can be incorporated into a diaper to measure multiple components of urine and provide bedside analyses for elderly or infant patients.

Researchers using x-rays have shown how the charge/discharge cycles of batteries causes physical damage, eventually leading to reduced energy storage.

Researchers have come up with a way of achieving results that equal or surpass the durability of the coated surfaces, necessary to extend solid-state battery life, but with no need for any coatings.

A study has revealed how to optimize electrical processes for transforming sulfur pollution, and could help lead to affordable, renewable energy-powered wastewater treatment that creates drinkable water.

Lithium batteries could be beneficial for electric vehicles if their lifetimes can be extended. Researchers have tracked lithium deposition and removal from a battery anode to identify where battery failure occurs.

Using artificial intelligence to analyze vast amounts of data in atomic-scale images, researchers answered long-standing questions about an emerging type of rechargeable battery posing competition to lithium-ion chemistry.

Calcium-ion batteries are being proposed as an alternative to lithium, to help in the transition towards electric vehicles.

A future powered by sustainable energy sources could save the world from devastating climate change. But renewable energy has an intermittency problem. What if surplus renewable energy could be stored as computation instead? That’s the thinking behind “information batteries,” proposed in a new paper.