While zinc-based batteries are safer and more cost-effective than industry-standard lithium-ion batteries, gold might help ...

A gold nanolayer applied directly to zinc metal electrodes can suppress the spiky metal growths known as dendrites that ...

Batteries that use solid metal as their charge-carrying electrolyte could potentially be a safer and far more energy-dense ...

New research has uncovered a surprising cause behind short circuits in next-generation solid-state batteries, ...

Researchers have developed a new AI model that predicts dendritic growth in thin films, helping optimize thin-film growth processes. Thin films are grown by depositing tiny layers of materials onto a ...

Polymer electrolytes in lithium-metal batteries can still host dendrite growth deep inside, revealing a hidden failure mode and guiding safer, longer-lasting designs. (Nanowerk News) Lithium-metal ...

This study is led by Prof. Chuan Wu. Serving as one of the most promising candidates among multivalent metal batteries, rechargeable aluminum batteries (RABs) are endowed with various advantages ...

Researchers show chemical reactions, not just mechanical stress, drive dendrite growth in solid-state batteries, weakening materials, and offering new strategies to improve energy storage safety. <br ...

The PCA enabled the team to quantify the structural changes in dendrites and correlate these changes with Gibbs free energy. This relationship revealed the specific conditions and mechanisms that ...