Unique X-ray microscope paves the way to more powerful batteries

New insights into the morphological and chemical changes in battery materials

21-Nov-2024 - New cathode materials are being developed to further increase the capacity of lithium batteries. Multilayer lithium-rich transition metal oxides (LRTMOs) offer particularly high energy density. However, their capacity decreases with each charging cycle due to structural and chemical changes. ...

Promoting battery recycling in Europe and industrial by-products to power batteries

The role of the University of Oulu in battery chemistry research is further strengthened

15-Oct-2024 - New large-scale research projects aim to improve the recycling and recovery of battery materials in Europe and to develop more sustainable battery technologies.The University of Oulu's sustainable chemistry research is involved in two three-year international projects to develop new electrode ...

Battery4Life: New COMET centre on battery safety led by TU Graz

Improving the safety, service life and sustainability of batteries

11-Jul-2024 - Researchers at the Vehicle Safety Institute will team up with national and international partners to make batteries safer, extend their service life and make them more sustainable. The FFG, the provinces Styria and Upper Austria as well as companies are investing about 19 million euros in ...

The REWIND project: A leap into the future for battery recycling

01-Jul-2024 - Without lithium-ion batteries, environmentally friendly mobility and a sustainable energy supply would be virtually inconceivable. However, the increasing demand for batteries and the associated raw materials poses major challenges. The REWIND project aims to overcome important obstacles on the ...

Better battery manufacturing: Robotic lab vets new reaction design strategy

Mixing unconventional ingredients in just the right order can make complex materials with fewer impurities

11-Apr-2024 - New chemistries for batteries, semiconductors and more could be easier to manufacture, thanks to a new approach to making chemically complex materials that researchers at the University of Michigan and Samsung’s Advanced Materials Lab have demonstrated. Their new recipes use unconventional ...

More efficient, lighter, more sustainable: researchers develop next-generation batteries

Completely new approach

01-Mar-2024 - Scientists at TU Darmstadt have achieved an important success in battery research: Using a new technology, they have succeeded in significantly improving the efficiency and charging properties of so-called zinc-air batteries. Their research results have now been published in the journal ...

Engineered battery chemistry for fast charging capabilities

An electrolyte additive increased the charging rate of lithium metal batteries and led to new discoveries about battery chemistry

31-Jan-2024 - On a mission to build better electric vehiclebatteries, chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have used an electrolyte additive to improve the functionality of energy-dense lithium metal batteries. By adding a compound called cesium nitrate to the ...

Accelerating battery research with robots

Smart, autonomous and chemistry-agnostic: The world urgently needs new types of energy storage

15-Sep-2023 - Empa researchers want to accelerate the development of urgently needed new energy storage systems with the help of the Aurora battery robot. The Aurora project is part of the European research initiative Battery2030+, which was recently awarded over 150 million euros in funding by the EU. In ...

Next-generation flow battery design sets records

Sugar additive plays a surprise role, boosting flow battery capacity and longevity for this grid energy resilience design

13-Jul-2023 - A common food and medicine additive has shown it can boost the capacity and longevity of a next-generation flow battery design in a record-setting experiment. A research team from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reports that the flow battery, a design optimized ...

Stalactites and stalagmites in the battery?

New research could lead to longer-lasting batteries

20-Mar-2023 - They are considered the "Holy Grail" of battery research: so-called "solid-state batteries". They no longer have a liquid core, as is the case with today's batteries, but consist of a solid material. This leads to several advantages: Among other things, these batteries are more difficult to ...