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March 23, 2025

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Producing Nuclear Fusion Fuel Is Banned in the US for Being Too Toxic, but These Researchers Found an Alternative

Mar. 20, 2025 — Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid mercury, which is extremely toxic. Now, researchers ...

New Study Challenges Assumptions About Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

Mar. 19, 2025 — A recent study evaluating garnet-type solid electrolytes for lithium metal batteries finds that their expected energy density advantages may be overstated. The researchers posited that composite or quasi-solid-state electrolytes may be more viable ...

A Path to Safer, High-Energy Electric Vehicle Batteries

Mar. 12, 2025 — Researchers have published a new study that dives deep into nickel-based cathodes, one of the two electrodes that facilitate energy storage in ...

Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries

Mar. 11, 2025 — A new strategy for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries is based on a hydrometallurgical process in neutral solution. This allows for the extraction of lithium and other valuable metals in an environmentally friendly, highly efficient, and ...

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New 'One-Pot' Technique a Breakthrough for Material Synthesis

Mar. 6, 2025 — A new technique builds inorganic and polymer battery electrolytes at the same time, in the same vessel. This 'one-pot' in-situ method creates a controlled, homogeneous blend, pairing the conductivity ...

Breakthrough in High-Sensitivity Quantum Sensors With Diamond Heteroepitaxy

Feb. 25, 2025 — Heteroepitaxial growth technology has made it possible to create larger diamond substrates, opening new opportunities for industrial-scale production of diamond quantum sensors. A research team has ...

Eco Friendly, Inexpensive System for Storing High-Power Energy from Pine Biomass

Feb. 28, 2025 — Scientists have come up with a lithium ion capacitor using electrodes produced from wood particles that are discarded as waste in sawmills. This ...

Leading the Charge to Better Batteries

Feb. 27, 2025 — A research group has revealed fundamental insights into anode-free solid-state batteries, paving the way for efforts to improve their ...

Researchers Develop Efficient Lithium Extraction Method, Setting Stage for Sustainable EV Battery Supply Chains

Feb. 28, 2025 — In the race to meet the growing global demand for lithium -- a critical component in batteries for electric vehicles -- a team of researchers has ...

Scientists Design Battery That Runs on Atomic Waste

Feb. 25, 2025 — Researchers have developed a battery that can convert nuclear energy into electricity via light emission, a study ...

Cracking the Code on Solid-State Batteries

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers are working to enhance battery safety and efficiency by developing solid-state alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. These batteries offer improved energy efficiency and safety, but a ...

Towards New Battery Tech: Chemists Demonstrate High-Performance Sodium-Ion Cathode

Feb. 19, 2025 — For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, rechargeable batteries energize ...

The Use of MRI to Directly Observe Metal-Ion Dissolution in Lithium Battery Cathodes

Feb. 14, 2025 — Over time, batteries break down. Studying this process in-depth with imaging techniques may help us improve the lifespan of ...

New Microactuator Driving System Could Give Microdrones a Jump-Start

Feb. 18, 2025 — An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and compact. Using ...

Breakthrough Nano-Spring Technology Boosts Battery Durability and Energy Density

Mar. 13, 2025 — Scientists improved battery durability and energy density with a nano-spring ...

Engineers Discover Key Barrier to Longer-Lasting Batteries

Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have discovered why LiNiO2 batteries break down, and they are testing a solution that could remove a key barrier to widespread use of the material. The team plans first to manufacture ...

Better Texture for Better Batteries

Feb. 10, 2025 — A new paper has demonstrated that improving the texture of the soft metal used in battery anodes greatly improved performance. The team added a thin layer of silicon between lithium metal and the ...

Researchers Are Driving the Charge of Zero Emissions

Feb. 10, 2025 — New research finds that electric vehicles generally produce less non-exhaust emissions compared with gasoline-powered ...

Why Your Headphone Battery Doesn't Last

Feb. 4, 2025 — Engineers took on the well-known battery challenge of degradation in a real-world technology that many of us use daily: wireless ...

Partnership Working Key to Unlocking EV Battery Recycling Problem

Feb. 4, 2025 — Recyclers, battery manufacturers, and electric vehicle manufacturers must work together to revolutionize lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling processes to meet ever-growing demand for electric ...

Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries Cuts Emissions and Strengthens Supply Chain

Jan. 31, 2025 — Researchers compared the environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery recycling to mining for new materials and found that recycling significantly outperforms mining in terms of greenhouse gas ...

'Embodied Energy' Powers Modular Worm, Jellyfish Robots

Jan. 27, 2025 — In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent research in battery development and ...

Progress Toward a New Generation of Rechargeable Batteries

Jan. 27, 2025 — Lithium-air batteries have the potential to outstrip conventional lithium-ion batteries by storing significantly more energy at the same weight. However, their high-performance values have thus far ...

New Design Makes Aluminum Batteries Last Longer

Jan. 24, 2025 — Large batteries for long-term storage of solar and wind power are key to integrating abundant and renewable energy sources into the U.S. power grid. However, there is a lack of safe and reliable ...

New Research Helps Eliminate Dead Zones in Desalination Technology and Beyond

Jan. 15, 2025 — Engineers have found a way to eliminate the fluid flow 'dead zones' that plague the types of electrodes used for battery-based seawater desalination. The new technique uses a physics-based ...

Sodium-Ion Batteries Need Breakthroughs to Compete

Jan. 13, 2025 — A thorough analysis of market, technological, and supply chain outcomes for sodium-ion batteries finds that significant advances are needed before ...

Electric Fungi: The Biobattery That Needs to Be Fed

Jan. 9, 2025 — A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery. The living battery could supply power to sensors ...

High Performance in Frosty Conditions

Jan. 8, 2025 — Most solids expand as temperatures increase and shrink as they cool. Some materials do the opposite, expanding in the cold. Lithium titanium phosphate is one such substance and could provide a ...

Lithium-Sulphur Pouch Cells Investigated at BESSY II

Jan. 8, 2025 — A team has gained new insights into lithium-sulphur pouch cells at the BAMline of BESSY II. A new picture emerges of processes that limit the performance and lifespan of this industrially relevant ...

Trash to Treasure: Leveraging Industrial Waste to Store Energy

Jan. 7, 2025 — As more products begin to depend on battery-based energy storage systems, shifting away from metal-based solutions will be critical to facilitating the green energy transition. Now, a team has ...

Triple-Layer Battery Resistant to Fire and Explosion Created

Dec. 30, 2024 — A team has developed a stable, efficient polymer-based solid electrolyte -- Applicable to smartphones, EVs, and energy ...

'Capture the Oxygen!' The Key to Extending Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Battery Life

Dec. 25, 2024 — A research team develops manganese-based cathodes with longer lifespan by suppressing oxygen ...

Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp

Dec. 20, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new material for sodium-ion batteries, sodium vanadium phosphate, that delivers higher voltage and greater energy capacity than previous sodium-based materials. This ...

Paving the Way for the Future of Energy Storage With Solid-State Batteries

Dec. 20, 2024 — Advances in solid-state battery research are paving the way for safer, longer-lasting energy storage solutions. A recent review highlights breakthroughs in inorganic solid electrolytes and their role ...