Battery Science – News and Features

A new, safer battery, tested for a thousand cycles in a test cell, can store far more energy than today’s common lithium-ion batteries.

A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation’s electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals.

A novel lithium-air battery design has been described that uses novel chemistry to increase the storage capacity of the battery by up to four times, compared to current lithium-ion technology.

Researchers have used super high-resolution microscopy enhanced by deep machine learning to discover minute changes at the interface of materials sandwiched together in lithium-ion batteries.

Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times longer than today’s technology could be a reality thanks to a new innovation.

Existing flow battery technologies are too expensive for practical application, but researchers have now developed a more compact flow battery cell configuration that reduces the size of the cell by 75%, and therefore reduces the size and cost of the entire flow battery.

Researchers have applied the basic concept of adding salt to a road before a winter storm to change when ice will form to develop a new method of heating and cooling, named “ionocaloric cooling”.

This article explores how real-time, in-line measurement systems can help manufacturers to maintain the quality and safety of their lithium-ion batteries, while maximizing productivity and process efficiency.

Lithium-containing electrolytes could replace lithium-ion batteries for energy storage, and new research has shown that solid electrolytes can be made with enhanced stability.

Researchers are hoping that a new, low-cost battery that holds four times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries and is far cheaper to produce will significantly reduce the cost of transitioning to a decarbonized economy.