A team of Korean scientists has developed a separator technology that dramatically reduces the explosion risk of lithium ...

This is crucial because when temperatures drop, the chemical reactions within the commonly used lithium-ion battery slow down ...

Lithium-metal batteries are often described as the “next big thing” for electric vehicles and energy storage. They can hold ...

The biggest obstacle to mass production and use of sulfur-based batteries is durability. A good lithium-ion battery, like those in an electric vehicle, can go through thousands of cycles of ...

Wesley Chang is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Drexel University. Rechargeable batteries are great for storing energy and powering electronics from smartphones to ...

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have quantified lithium intercalation rates across various battery materials and utilized this information to create a novel model explaining ...

Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are currently the most widely used rechargeable batteries worldwide, powering countless portable electronics, as well as hybrid and electric vehicles. While they are known ...

In organic synthesis, replacing lithium with sodium would be a significant achievement because it is >1000 times more ...

Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage are moving toward the mainstream. Wider use of these batteries could lead to lower costs, less fire risk, and less need for lithium, ...