Why lithium-ion batteries have become dirt cheap: R&D
We have research and development to thank for affordable batteries.
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World’s largest battery manufacturer bets big on sodium-ion batteries
They're much cheaper and environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries.
Scientist accidentally invents a rechargeable battery that could virtually last forever
Could this be an everlasting battery?
New sodium-ion battery performs on par with some lithium-ion batteries
The salty future of energy storage might be upon us.
New stretchable battery is ideal for wearable electronics
The battery uses a solid polymer as the electrolyte and can provide a constant power output even when stretched to ...
Breakthrough could double energy density of lithium-ion batteries
A new polymer incorporated into Li-ion batteries could dramatically improve their performance.
New cathode might triple energy storage of lithium-ion batteries
A new step forward in our transition towards renewable energy.
New lithium-ion battery operates at -70 C, a record low
This will make electric car drivers in Siberia very happy.
Samsung almost doubled the capacity of lithium-ion batteries by adding graphene
Paired with recent advances in graphene deposition and manufacturing, this sort of tech of could very well end up powering ...
New Aluminum-ion battery fully charges in under a minute – 100 times faster than your laptop
Renewable energy and electric vehicles not only need high density storage mediums to become successful, but ones that can be ...
New lithium-ion battery cathode can withstand 25,000 cycles. Your laptop battery only has 300
This wasn't an easy tasks since the researchers identified hundreds of potential candidate compounds.
Why your battery is dying – the answer could vastly improve battery life
Lithium-ion batteries are the most used rechargeable batteries in the world. If you've owned a smartphone or laptop for more ...
Sand-based batteries last three times longer than conventional ones
Photo: University of California, Riverside Expect the price of sand to skyrocket! Researchers at University of California, Riverside have devised ...
Developing antimony nanocrystals for better batteries
Researchers from ETH Zurich and Empa have for the first time succeeded in creating uniform antimony nanocrystals. These nanocrystals are ...
Viruses assemble key components for the lithium-air batteries of the future
In a synergy between biology and electrochemistry, researchers at MIT cleverly exploited genetically modified viruses to assemble metal molecules into ...
Synthetic ‘supercapacitor’ material combines rapid energy storage and release
Illustration of form of nobium oxide synthesized by UCLA researchers (UCLA/Nature Materials) Scientists at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of ...
Stretchy electronics grow even further with flexible batteries
The team tested their battery by stretching it 300% while it powered an LED lamp. In just a couple of ...
‘Green’ batteries made from a red dye plant as an alternative to toxic batteries
Purpurin, left, extracted from madder root, center, is chemically lithiated, right, for use as an organic cathode in batteries. (c) ...