The energy-efficient method breaks down Teflon into harmless carbon and sodium fluoride, which can be used directly, without ...

It’s been over 85 years since DuPont introduced Teflon to the world. Released in 1938 and technically known as ...

New research demonstrates a simple, eco-friendly method to break down Teflon—one of the world's most durable plastics—into ...

Researchers have found a way to turn Teflon into useful fluoride products, potentially opening up a way to recycle a durable ...

New research reveals a sustainable approach to recycle Teflon using mechanochemistry, reducing harmful "forever chemicals".

Sodium batteries, leveraging abundant sodium from salt, are emerging as a cheaper alternative to lithium-ion batteries while ...

The rising demand for power in portable electronics, smart grids, and electric vehicles has considerably increased the importance of high-energy batteries. In previous decades, lithium-based batteries ...

Sodium layered oxide-based cathodes of sodium-ion batteries commonly suffer from structural degradation. Here, authors propose entropy regulation with zero Li/Co usage to suppress lattice strain, ...

A team of researchers from Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) have used computer modeling and simulations to progress the design of a new type of solid-state polymer ...

Lithium-based batteries are great, with different electrode chemistries allowing them to be slotted into a variety of uses. The problem with them has nothing to do with their performance. The ...