When it comes to batteries, lithium-ion are the best we have as far as energy density and convenience. For now. The Washington University in St. Louis lab of Peng Bai, assistant professor in the ...

The evolution of lithium‐ion battery anodes has emerged as a cornerstone in the quest for improved energy storage, with a particular focus on silicon-based materials and their composites. Owing to ...

Scientists in the U.S. demonstrated a sodium-ion battery with no anode, that retained 99.93% of its initial capacity per cycle. Their design was able to overcome many of the stability issues ...

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Electric vehicles are advancing at an incredible pace, but we’re very much still in the early days. The Tesla Model S and X still use battery cell formats never imagined for use in cars. A lot is ...

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion has created the world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery. The team hopes the ...

Silicon anodes are pushing lithium-ion batteries into a new performance class, with lab results pointing to energy storage gains that would have seemed unrealistic a decade ago. By replacing ...

"Because we now understand how the texture forms in soft metals, we predict that sodium metal prefers to have texture for fast atomic diffusion," Zhang said. "This means that using sodium as the ...

Silicon anodes appear to be leading the way in the race to commercialize next-generation battery technologies for electric vehicles. The buzz around silicon-based anodes, which promise improved power ...

Update: This article has been updated with a comment from Mercedes-Benz. Just like cars and gadgets, battery technology evolves in phases. Sometimes you get breakthroughs, other times things get ...