Drawing inspiration from plants: A metal-air paper battery for wearable devices

"Not only did the battery demonstrate impressive performance results, it operates without using toxic materials"

08-Apr-2024 - For over two millennia, paper has been a staple of human civilization. But these days, the usage of paper is not limited to writing. It is also playing a pivotal role in ushering in a greener future. Lightweight and thin paper-based devices help reduce dependence on metal or plastic materials, ...

Implantable batteries can run on the body’s own oxygen

“From a new energy source to potential biotherapies, the prospects for this battery are exciting”

05-Apr-2024 - From pacemakers to neurostimulators, implantable medical devices rely on batteries to keep the heart on beat and dampen pain. But batteries eventually run low and require invasive surgeries to replace. To address these challenges, researchers in China devised an implantable battery that runs on ...

Direct lithium extraction from spent batteries for efficient lithium recycling

This study proposed a simple, efficient, and low-energy chemical leaching strategy

04-Apr-2024 - Recently, the research findings of Professor Xie's group (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) were published in Science Bulletin. This study proposed a simple, efficient, and low-energy chemical leaching strategy, utilizing a lithium extraction solution composed of polycyclic aromatic ...

New materials discovered for safe, high-performance solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Scientists have discovered a stable and highly conductive lithium-ion conductor for use as solid electrolytes for solid-state lithium-ion batteries

03-Apr-2024 - All-solid-state lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries with solid electrolytes are non-flammable and have higher energy density and transference numbers than those with liquid electrolytes. They are expected to take a share of the market for conventional liquid electrolyte Li-ion batteries, such as ...

Battery material for the sodium-ion revolution

02-Apr-2024 - Powerful, safe and environmentally friendly - sodium-ion batteries have many advantages over conventional batteries. As they do not contain any critical raw materials such as lithium or cobalt, they could also make applications such as stationary energy storage and electromobility much cheaper. ...

Revolutionary method developed for mass-producing polymer solid electrolytes

The newly developed technology enables a remarkable 13-fold increase in production speed

21-Mar-2024 - A research team, ledby Professor Seok Ju Kang in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST,has unveileda groundbreaking technique for mass-producing polymer solid electrolytes, crucial components in batteries. Departing from the traditional melt casting method, the team introduced ...

Improving battery production processes

EU project for efficient and sustainable European production of lithium-ion batteries

20-Mar-2024 - In the recently launched project BATTwin, funded by the EU, researchers are developing digital twins of battery factories. The goal is to make lithium-ion battery production in Europe more efficient and sustainable. Digital twins are computer models that digitally replicate the processes in a ...

A breakthrough in all-solid-state battery technology, enhancing the performance of the lithium from the bottom

19-Mar-2024 - A research team, consisting of Professor Soojin Park from the Department of Chemistry, PhD candidate Sangyeop Lee from the Division of Advanced Materials Science, and Dr. Sungjin Cho and Master’s student Hyunbeen Choi from the Department of Chemistry at Pohang University of Science and Technology ...

CustomCells founds U.S. subsidiary with Detroit site

Kick-off for North American expansion

14-Mar-2024 - German battery company CustomCells continues its expansion with the opening of its first international location: CustomCells has founded a U.S.-based subsidiary with its own office in the innovation and manufacturing metropolis of Detroit, Michigan. The location will initially serve as a central ...

What heat can tell us about battery chemistry

Using the Peltier effect to study lithium-ion cells

12-Mar-2024 - Batteries are usually studied via electrical properties like voltage and current, but new research suggests that observing how heat flows in conjunction with electricity can give important insights into battery chemistry. A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has ...