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 ...

Novel manufacturing process for high-performance lithium-metal battery

Towards a sustainable and competitive battery value chain in Europe

16-Sep-2024 - The Horizon 2020 SOLiDIFY consortium, comprised of 14 European partners, has developed a high-performance lithium-metal solid-state battery. The prototype battery, manufactured in a state-of-the-art battery lab at EnergyVille, Belgium, features a unique "liquid-to-solid" processed electrolyte, ...

Rethinking batteries - with aluminium

Research team develops aluminium battery with innovative electrolyte

09-Sep-2024 - Energy storage systems of the future must be cost-effective and sustainable. To achieve this, it is crucial that the materials used are both readily available and recyclable. A research team at TU Bergakademie Freiberg has now made significant progress in the development of an aluminium battery ...

How solid-state batteries degrade

What happens during operation?

12-Jul-2024 - Solid-state batteries have several advantages: they can store more energy and are safer than batteries with liquid electrolytes. However, they do not last as long and their capacity decreases with each charge cycle. But it doesn't have to stay that way: Researchers are already on the trail of the ...

Machine learning accelerates the chase for safer, better batteries

Faster and more cost-effective development of new solid-state electrolyte materials

04-Jun-2024 - As the clean transition drives uptake of electric vehicles and energy storage for an electricity grid with ever greater dependence on variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, the danger from battery fires grows as well. To limit this risk while improving battery performance, the ...

Discovery brings all-solid-state sodium batteries closer to practical use

Process that can lead to mass synthesis yields solid sulfide electrolyte with world’s highest reported sodium ion conductivity

15-Apr-2024 - The pursuit of greener energy also requires efficient rechargeable batteries to store that energy. While lithium-ion batteries are currently the most widely used, all-solid-state sodium batteries are attracting attention as sodium is far more plentiful than lithium. This should make sodium ...

New materials discovered for safe, high-performance solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Scientists have discovered a stable and highly conductive lithium-ion conductor for use as solid electrolytes for solid-state lithium-ion batteries

03-Apr-2024 - All-solid-state lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries with solid electrolytes are non-flammable and have higher energy density and transference numbers than those with liquid electrolytes. They are expected to take a share of the market for conventional liquid electrolyte Li-ion batteries, such as ...

Atomic-scale semiconductor process technology and clean hydrogen technology join hands

28-Mar-2024 - Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are widely used for energy storage, transportation, and various applications, employing solid electrolytes such as ceramics. The efficiency of these cells relies on the performance and stability of their electrodes. To enhance this efficiency, there is a requirement ...

Revolutionary method developed for mass-producing polymer solid electrolytes

The newly developed technology enables a remarkable 13-fold increase in production speed

21-Mar-2024 - A research team, ledby Professor Seok Ju Kang in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST,has unveileda groundbreaking technique for mass-producing polymer solid electrolytes, crucial components in batteries. Departing from the traditional melt casting method, the team introduced ...

A battery’s hopping ions remember where they’ve been

Seen in atomic detail, the seemingly smooth flow of ions through a battery’s electrolyte is surprisingly complicated

22-Feb-2024 - Solid-state batteries store and release charge by nudging ions back and forth between two electrodes. From our usual point of view, the ions flow through the battery’s solid electrolyte like a gentle stream. But when seen on an atomic scale, that smooth flow is an illusion: Individual ions hop ...