When it comes to batteries, lithium-ion are the best we have as far as energy density and convenience. For now. The Washington University in St. Louis lab of Peng Bai, assistant professor in the ...

We've been covering the exploration and development of silicon battery anodes for well over a decade, but most of the breakthroughs have come at laboratory level. The past few years have seen the ...

Scientists in the U.S. demonstrated a sodium-ion battery with no anode, that retained 99.93% of its initial capacity per cycle. Their design was able to overcome many of the stability issues ...

The evolution of lithium‐ion battery anodes has emerged as a cornerstone in the quest for improved energy storage, with a particular focus on silicon-based materials and their composites. Owing to ...

Researchers from POSTECH and Sogang University developed a functional polymeric binder for stable, high-capacity anode material that could increase the current EV range at least 10-fold over current ...

One effort toward better batteries for electric vehicles is hitting overdrive, thanks to new findings about silicon anodes. Silicon is a staple of the digital revolution, shunting loads of signals on ...

Electric vehicles are advancing at an incredible pace, but we’re very much still in the early days. The Tesla Model S and X still use battery cell formats never imagined for use in cars. A lot is ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Oct 11, 2024 at 11:10 am October 11, 2024 at 10:18 ...

Silicon anodes are pushing lithium-ion batteries into a new performance class, with lab results pointing to energy storage gains that would have seemed unrealistic a decade ago. By replacing ...

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion has created the world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery. The team hopes the ...