Life of zinc batteries drastically extended

Improvement to several 100,000 loads

31-Oct-2024 - The switch to renewable energies requires efficient methods for storing large amounts of electricity. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new method that could extend the service life of aqueous zinc-ion batteries by several orders of magnitude. Instead of a ...

Research breakthrough could be key to low-cost, long-lasting renewable batteries for electric vehicles

A cost-effective solution that delivers more energy

28-Oct-2024 - Lithium-sulfur batteries have never lived up to their potential as the next generation of renewable batteries for electric vehicles and other devices. But ​SMU mechanical engineerDonghai Wang and his research team have found a way to make these Li-S batteries last longer – with higher energy ...

The fireproof battery

Salt batteries

25-Oct-2024 - Originally developed for electric cars, nowadays they supply mobile phone antennas with electricity, and tomorrow perhaps entire districts: The salt battery is a safe and long-lasting battery technology with huge potential. Empa researchers are collaborating with an industrial partner to further ...

Fraunhofer ISE Inaugurates New Research Center for Batteries

Research Focus: Sustainability, Safety, Performance

24-Oct-2024 - Batteries are a key building block for a successful energy transition, whether for the electrification of transport, the stabilization of the power grid or balancing fluctuations in green electricity. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been conducting research along the ...

Researchers unlock the “silicate magic” for safer, cheaper, and more efficient batteries

Xiaowei Teng leads team eyeing new way of using iron to create high-performance energy storage

22-Oct-2024 - The world is rapidly transitioning to renewable power, but there are shortcomings. Solar power falls at night, and wind power recedes and ascends irregularly. New technologies need to be developed that can store energy from the electrical grid when there’s a surplus and deploy it when there’s not ...

Flower Power: Lavender Oil Fuels Batteries for the Future

Unique material created to solve a persistent failure problem

21-Oct-2024 - A groundbreaking sodium-sulfur battery with improved energy performance and longer lifespan? The secret ingredient grows in our gardens: lavender. By combining lavender oil with sulfur, Dr. Paolo Giusto's team has created a unique material that solves a persistent failure problem – polysulfide ...

New cathode material developed and patented

A cathode material with enhanced performance and a quicker method for its production: With it, the lithium-ion battery can last up to 10% longer

18-Oct-2024 - A research team from the Skoltech Energy Center, led by Distinguished Professor and director of the center Artem Abakumov, secured a patent for high-capacity cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries made from layered nickel-rich transition metal oxides, as well as a new hydrothermal ...

A quick and easy way to produce anode materials for sodium-ion batteries using microwaves

17-Oct-2024 - The research team led by Dr. Daeho Kim and Dr. Jong Hwan Park at the Nano Hybrid Technology Research Center of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a groundbreaking process technology that enables for ultrafast, 30-second preparation of hard carbon anodes for ...

Bubble findings could unlock better electrode and electrolyzer designs

A new study of bubbles on electrode surfaces could help improve the efficiency of electrochemical processes that produce fuels, chemicals, and materials

14-Oct-2024 - Industrial electrochemical processes that use electrodes to produce fuels and chemical products are hampered by the formation of bubbles that block parts of the electrode surface, reducing the area available for the active reaction. Such blockage reduces the performance of the electrodes by ...

Discovery of promising electrolyte for all-solid-state batteries

Solid electrolyte composed of nanoparticles embedded in an amorphous matrix shows high conductivity, formability, and electrochemical stability

10-Oct-2024 - Often overlooked, rechargeable batteries play an important part in contemporary life, powering small devices like smartphones to larger ones like electric vehicles. The keys to creating sustainable rechargeable batteries include having them hold their charge longer, giving them a longer life with ...