Predicting the slow death of lithium-ion batteries
Batteries fade as they age, slowly losing power and storage capacity.
Sep 15, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Can sodium-ion batteries replace trusty lithium-ion ones?
Sodium-ion batteries are a potential replacement for lithium batteries, but the anodes—positively charged electrodes—that work well for lithium-ion batteries don't provide the same level of performance for sodium-ion ...
Jan 12, 2021
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Analysis of renewable energy points toward more affordable carbon-free electricity
As more states in the U.S. push for increased reliance on variable renewable energy in the form of wind or solar power, long-term energy storage may play an important role in assuring reliability and reducing electricity ...
Aug 6, 2020
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Novel battery storage with solar power could be low-cost clean energy solution
The costs of a type of battery storage suited to supporting the decarbonization of emerging economies have been predicted by Sheffield researchers.
Jul 6, 2023
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Production of 'post-lithium-ion batteries' requires new skills
Research on manufacturing battery cells is gaining momentum—and there is a strong need, considering the future demand for energy storage: For the year 2030, global production of rechargeable batteries will double from today's ...
Jan 29, 2021
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New aqueous lithium-ion battery improves safety without sacrificing performance
As the lithium-ion batteries that power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable.
Dec 19, 2019
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Zinc batteries offer greater safety, but many improvements needed to compete with lithium
Zinc batteries potentially offer a much lower fire risk than their market-leading yet fire-prone lithium-ion cousins, but researchers have concluded that the technology still needs a major boost to performance on a number ...
Dec 2, 2022
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The role of energy density for grid-scale batteries
Because the sun does not shine at night but all our screens do, we need energy storage to shift solar energy production during the day to when it is needed in the evening. To cope with this intermittence of renewables, we ...
Energy & Green Tech
Rechargeable silicon batteries
A team of researchers from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology has developed a proof-of-concept for a novel rechargeable silicon (Si) battery, as well as its design and architecture that enables Si to be reversibly ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Boost for better batteries in consumer electronics
An international research team has moved closer to developing a more sustainable, rechargeable "organic" battery model by doubling its energy storage capability.
Apr 22, 2022
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