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New Findings Could Open New Avenues for Developing Lithium Batteries with Solid Electrolytes

Today, most of lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from phones to cars, use a liquid as the electrolyte between two electrodes. Although a solid electrolyte could offer major benefits for safety and energy storage capacity, its effort to do this have faced unexpected challenges.

18 Jul 2017

Researchers Create New Battery Electrode Design from MXene Material

Imagine fully charging a cell phone in just a few seconds. Now, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering have moved a big step forward in making this reality with their latest work unveiling of a new battery electrode design in the Nature Energy journal.

11 Jul 2017

Liquefied Gas Electrolytes Allow Lithium Batteries to Operate at Very Low Temperatures

It is well known that prevalent lithium-ion batteries do not operate at temperatures of -20 °C and lower. At present, the Engineers of the University of California, San Diego have made an advancement in the field of electrolyte chemistry for enabling lithium batteries to operate at lower temperatures of -60 °C with exceptional performance.

16 Jun 2017

Seaweed Derivative Could Act as a Stabilizer in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Lithium-sulfur batteries have great potential as a low-cost, high-energy, energy source for both vehicle and grid applications. However, they suffer from significant capacity fading. Now scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a surprising discovery that could fix this problem.

14 Jun 2017

PNNL Technology-Based Battery Wins Green Chemistry Challenge Award

A Washington state company that produces a battery based on technology developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been honored with a Green Chemistry Challenge Award, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced.

14 Jun 2017

Chinese Scientists Directly Convert Rusty Stainless Steel Mesh into Low-Cost Electrodes for Potassium-Ion Batteries

Chinese Scientists have used waste for a beneficial purpose while seeking for a unique solution to a technical problem by converting rusty stainless steel mesh into electrodes with exceptional electrochemical properties that enable them to be suitable for potassium-ion batteries.

12 Jun 2017

Integrated Flywheel and Battery System can Respond to Growing Energy Demand

As part of a new project comprising of Engineers from the University of Sheffield, Schwungrad Energie, Adaptive Balancing Power and Freqcon, Europe’s largest and the UK’s first battery flywheel system will be connected to the UK and Irish grids to help respond to energy demand.

5 Jun 2017

'Instantly Rechargeable' Battery Technology Could Revolutionize Electric and Hybrid Automobiles

Purdue Researchers have developed a technology which could provide an “instantly rechargeable” technique that is safe, inexpensive and environmentally friendly for recharging hybrid and electric vehicle batteries via a quick and easy process akin to refueling a car at a gas station.

2 Jun 2017

Dynamic Inductive Power Transfer for Charging Electric Vehicles While on the Move

A main cause for the hindrance in the extensive use of electric vehicles is battery charging. In the recent past, studies aimed at rapidly increasing the performance of batteries have ended up in expanding the range of electric cars to a few hundred kilometers.

30 May 2017

Nanoengineers Develop the First Printed, Rechargeable and Flexible Battery

The first printed battery that is rechargeable, stretchable and flexible has been developed by Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego. The zinc batteries are capable of being used to power everything from solar cells to wearable sensors and various other kinds of electronics.

25 May 2017