The work, led by Chunsheng Wang at the University of Maryland, offers a relatively simple way to make lithium-ion batteries more durable using standard materials and ...

Lithium-ion batteries are used in smartphones, laptops, electric cars, and stationary energy storage systems. Although their ...

During the oil crisis of the 1970s, a chemist at Exxon named M. Stanley Whittingham, working on a new type of rechargeable battery, discovered that lithium ions could slip inside the gaps in a layered ...

Sodium-ion batteries are considered a promising, sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. However, high storage ...

Researchers in Germany have unveiled a low-cost anode that achieved an initial efficiency of ...

They published their work on Jan. 10 in Energy Material Advances. “Energy storage technologies represented by rechargeable batteries are regarded as an indispensable part of the modern energy system ...

ADELPHI, Md. --In recent years, lithium-ion batteries have become better at supplying energy to Soldiers in the field, but the current generation of batteries never reaches its highest energy ...

Solid-state batteries promise to elevate Li-Ion batteries to new highs, thanks to the advantages of using solid electrolytes. Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered that ...

The lithium-ion batteries that power much of the modern world may be our best solution currently, but scientists continue to experiment with their makeup in pursuit of devices that are safer and less ...

Researchers have designed a new electrolyte for lithium metal batteries that could increase the driving range of electric cars. A new lithium-based electrolyte invented by Stanford University ...