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Researchers Develop Aqueous Soluble Organic Electrolytes to Optimize Service Life of Flow Batteries

A new type of flow battery with the ability to store energy in organic molecules that are dissolved in neutral pH water has been developed by scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

10 Feb 2017

New Method to Leach Lithium and Cobalt from Recycled Batteries

Phones, tablets, electric vehicles, and several other applications are powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Unfortunately, the batteries are typically only functional for two to three years, and the devices that they power can fail.

8 Feb 2017

MIT Researchers Explore Lithium Sulfides to Create All-Solid Lithium Batteries

A majority of batteries are made up of two solid, electrochemically active layers known as electrodes, divided by a polymer membrane infused with a gel or liquid electrolyte.

3 Feb 2017

Researchers Run Simulations to Find New Electrolyte Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers have been looking for better battery materials ever since Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist, invented the first battery out of a stack of zinc and copper disks separated by moistened cardboard.

2 Feb 2017

UMD Researchers Make Revolutionary Advancement in Solid-State Battery Development

A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Energy Research Center and A. James Clark School of Engineering have announced a transformative development in the race to produce batteries that are at once safe, powerful, and affordable.

20 Dec 2016

Stanford Team Explores AI to Build Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electronic Gadgets

Scientists have spent decades searching for a safe substitute to the flammable liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries.

16 Dec 2016

New Battery Test Cell Allows Separate Investigation of Anionic and Cationic Reactions

For years, small rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have reliably supplied billions of portable devices with energy. But manufacturers of high-energy applications such as electric cars and power storage systems seek for new electrode materials and electrolytes.

15 Dec 2016