An innovative approach to battery materials could bring sodium-ion energy density and charging speeds far closer to those of ...

Another key reason CATL, BYD, and others are investing in sodium-ion batteries is to mitigate rising lithium prices. Sodium ...

But maximizing the runtime and lifetime of the battery requires accurately measuring what is happening inside the cell and careful management of the charging and discharging cycles. This quiz covers ...

Firefighters and safety managers now face fires that may not respond to traditional suppression. This lack of clarity has fueled misconceptions about how these fires should be handled.

With electric vehicle demand skyrocketing and the growing need for lithium battery energy storage for renewable energy, the lithium ion battery is one of the key technologies for our sustainable ...

Whether it’s to keep the lights on after a natural disaster or just to avoid peak energy rates, more people than ever are adding battery energy storage to their home solar systems. With some 45% of ...

Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, and recycling them cleanly and safely at scale is still hard. Now, a Chinese research team claims to ...

Cathodes play a dominant role in defining cell energy density, and also make up a significant proportion of cell costs, due to the use of high-cost metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium. Standard ...

Lithium batteries have taken over as the primary battery chemistry from applications ranging from consumer electronics to ...