Battery Science – News and Features

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In-line metrology systems can help to ensure the consistency and quality of battery electrodes, and this article discusses how this technology can contribute to the manufacture of quality lithium-ion batteries.

A lithium ceramic could act as a solid electrolyte in a more powerful and cost-efficient generation of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, reports new research.

For the first time, a team presents a viable alternative to cobalt which in some ways can outperform state-of-the-art battery chemistry. It also survives a large number of recharge cycles, and the underlying theory can be applied to other problems.

A new, efficient method enables 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium from spent car batteries to be recovered and recycled while minimizing the loss of valuable raw materials.

The demand for energy storage systems is ever-increasing. Could a new aqueous rechargeable battery be a safer, cheaper alternative to current lithium-ion batteries?

Researchers from McGill University, Université du Québec à Montreal develop new approach to making inexpensive batteries that hold large amounts of charge and recharge quickly.

Lithium–sulfur batteries can store three times more energy than lithium-ion batteries. Metal nanoclusters could stabilize them and make them a reality.

Cheaper, more efficient lithium-ion batteries could be produced by harnessing previously overlooked high pressures generated during the manufacturing process.

For decades, researchers have assumed that the inevitable filmy buildup on electrodes inside rechargeable batteries is the driver of performance loss. Now, we know that view is backward.