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New Battery Gobbles up Carbon Dioxide

September 21, 2018

Lithium-based battery could make use of greenhouse gas before it ever gets into the atmosphere

New High-Capacity Sodium-Ion Could Replace Lithium in Rechargeable Batteries

September 12, 2018

With the ever-increasing demand for electric cars, the need for reliable rechargeable batteries is rising dramatically

Using 3-D X-Rays to Measure Particle Movement inside Lithium Ion Batteries

May 23, 2018

Researchers applied a technique using 3-D X-ray tomography of an electrode to better understand what is happening on the insi...

Researchers Produce a New Design for a Battery Cell That Runs on Air

March 23, 2018

Scientists have produced a new design for a beyond-lithium-ion battery cell that operates by running on air (hence, ref...

Mapping Nanoscale Chemical Reactions Inside Batteries in 3-D

March 6, 2018

The chemical pathways by which these reactions take place help determine how quickly a battery becomes depleted

A Lithium Battery That Operates at -70 Degrees Celsius, a Record Low

March 2, 2018

Recent research findings could aid engineers in developing technology suited to withstand the coldest reaches of outer s...

Adding Graphene Girders to Silicon Electrodes Could Double the Life of Lithium Batteries

January 25, 2018

Researchers and manufacturers have long sought a way to replace graphite with silicon as the default choice of active ma...

Surprising Discovery Could Lead to Better Batteries

January 15, 2018

Scientists have observed how lithium moves inside individual nanoparticles that make up batteries. The finding could help com...

Scientists Discover Path to Improving Game-Changing Battery Electrode

December 13, 2017

Electric car makers are intensely interested in lithium-rich battery cathodes that could significantly increase driving range...

Making Lithium-Ion Batteries Safer, Stronger

September 13, 2017

Researchers find the most effective way to understand the electrochemical reactions of lithium-ion batteries and to...

Scientists Identify Chemical Causes of Battery "Capacity Fade"

April 27, 2017

Capacity fade is the reason why a cell phone battery that used to last a whole day will, after a couple of years, last perhap...

Freezing Lithium Batteries May Make Them Safer and Bendable

April 24, 2017

Columbia Engineers use ice-templating to control electrolyte structure in lithium batteries; solid-state is non-flammable, no...

New Method Increases Energy Density in Lithium Batteries

October 24, 2016

Novel technique may lead to longer battery life in portable electronics and electrical vehicles

Chemists Offer Enhanced 3D Look Inside Batteries

September 13, 2016

The work focuses on rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in cell phones, electric cars, laptops, and many other...

How to Keep Your Phone Battery Charged Longer (Video)