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Your support makes all the difference. A battery breakthrough made by researchers in Japan could pave the way for next-generation batteries to finally enter mass production. A team from Tokyo University of Science discovered a way to build sodium-ion batteries with an equivalent performance to conventional lithium-ion batteries.
A team of researchers from Guangdong University of Technology achieved a major breakthrough in lithium-ion battery technology that could make electric vehicles and energy storage cheaper. Traditionally, lithium-ion batteries used to power EVs and renewable energy grids are made of lithium iron phosphate and lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide.
It is also expected that demand for lithium-ion batteries will increase up to tenfold by 2030, according to the US Department for Energy, so manufacturers are constantly building battery plants to keep up. Lithium mining can be controversial as it can take several years to develop and has a considerable impact on the environment.
The U.S. Department of Energy designed a new lithium-ion battery that can retain 98% of storage capacity over 500 charge cycles. Companies are also leading the change. Redwood Materials is devising innovative ways to improve battery recycling, and Ampaire is working on electrifying aviation.
“We were looking for the easiest, cheapest, and fastest way to improve lithium metal cycling life,” said study co-lead author Wenbo Zhang, a Stanford PhD student in materials science and engineering. “We discovered that by resting the battery in the discharged state, lost capacity can be recovered and cycle life increased.
Lithium or sodium can be put into metal alloys, Tolbert said. This results in the whole material becoming ductile and amorphous. It can expand without cracking. Usually, battery components are brittle; when they break, the electrical circuit can be damaged. Tolbert's team has also experimented with making lithium-ion batteries charge faster.
3 · Korean researchers have extended lithium metal anodes'' lifespan by 750 percent using water, marking a major breakthrough in battery technologies. The Korea Advanced Institute of …
The company has scaled up the technology to build a smart phone-sized pouch cell battery. Li and his team also characterized the properties that allow silicon to constrict the …
The researchers said the new electrodes deliver "unprecedented performance" and offer a viable option for producing next-generation batteries for consumer electronics and …
2 · A team of researchers from Guangdong University of Technology achieved a major breakthrough in lithium-ion battery technology that could make electric vehicles and energy …
Northvolt has made a breakthrough in a new battery technology used for energy storage that the Swedish industrial start-up claims could minimise dependence on …
Lithium - the main component in most electric batteries - can be costly to mine. But researchers have made a breakthrough with alternative ''molten salt'' batteries.
In the midst of the soaring demand for EVs and renewable power and an explosion in battery development, one thing is certain: batteries will play a key role in the transition to renewable energy.
The race is on to generate new technologies to ready the battery industry for the transition toward a future with more renewable energy.
Researchers studying how lithium batteries fail have developed a new technology that could enable next-generation electric vehicles (EVs) and other devices that …
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged and …
Developing sodium-ion batteries. After its success supplying lithium-ion batteries to the electric vehicle market, Northvolt has been working secretly on a sodium-ion battery …
Toyota says its breakthrough batteries will hit the market in 2027 or 2028, giving its EVs 745 miles of range—significantly greater than any gas-powered car today—with 10-minute charging times ...
A brand new substance, which could reduce lithium use in batteries, has been discovered using artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing.
In fact, readers chose the technology as our 11th Breakthrough Technology of 2024. To celebrate, we''re hosting an online event in a couple of weeks for subscribers.
A company called Factorial, which counts Stellantis and Mercedes as investors, claims its solid-state battery technology uses less lithium than traditional batteries, …
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and …
Stanford''s breakthrough in lithium metal battery technology promises to extend EV ranges and battery life through a simple resting protocol, enhancing commercial viability. Next-generation electric vehicles could run on …
Lithium-iron-phosphate will continue its meteoric rise in global market share, from 6 percent in 2020 to 30 percent in 2022. ... In a new dual-ion battery (DIB), instead of …
This battery technology could increase the lifetime of electric vehicles to that of the gasoline cars — 10 to 15 years — without the need to replace the battery. With its high …
Stanford''s breakthrough in lithium metal battery technology promises to extend EV ranges and battery life through a simple resting protocol, enhancing commercial viability. …
Japan''s TDK is claiming a breakthrough in materials used in its small solid-state batteries, with the Apple supplier predicting significant performance increases for devices from …