New low-temperature process creates safer, scalable lithium sulfide for solid-state batteries. Big players are testing it.

Researchers have discovered that the mixing of small particles between two solid electrolytes can generate an effect called a 'space charge layer,' an accumulation of electric charge at the interface ...

Safer alternative to flammable liquid electrolytes. Most lithium-ion batteries rely on flammable liquid electrolytes.

An emerging technology to make lithium-ion batteries safer and more powerful involves using solid rather than liquid ...

The San Jose-based company QuantumScape is developing a battery that can build itself, at least as far as the anode's ...

Scientists in China have developed a smart gel polymer electrolyte that greatly improves the safety and lifespan of ...

Many Na-ion batteries still fall below expectations and below that of commercially available batteries. For large-scale ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel surface processing technique that prolongs the lifespan of lithium ...

Abstract Lithium (Li) metal has received significant attention as an anode material for next-generation batteries due to its high theoretical capacity ...

However, the major hurdle to practical implementation of lithium metal batteries is the lack of a feasible electrolyte design to inhibit lithium dendrite growth upon galvanostatic charging/discharging ...

† Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of ...