Stronger together: Interlocked electrodes push silicon battery lifespan beyond limits

In practical terms, this means electric vehicles can travel farther and smartphones can operate longer using the same-sized battery

28-May-2025 - As demand surges for batteries that store more energy and last longer—powering electric vehicles, drones, and energy storage systems—a team of South Korean researchers has introduced a groundbreaking approach to overcome a major limitation of conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): unstable ...

Sensor-Based Waste Sorting Reduces Number of Battery Fires in Recycling Plants

08-May-2025 - An increasing number of electronic waste are not being properly disposed of but are often discarded together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can cause fires at sorting plants. In the DangerSort project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute ...

Novel screening method accelerates design of stable, high-performance solid-state batteries

Computer-aided screening platform searches through thousands of potential materials in the shortest possible time

07-May-2025 - In a collaborative effort, researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have identified a key material that significantly improves the performance and lifespan of solid-state lithium-metal batteries. This discovery was enabled by a newly ...

Battery research: visualisation of aging processes operando

‘A lot happens at the interfaces between the anode, separator and cathode while a battery is charging or discharging’

02-May-2025 - Lithium button cells with electrodes made of nickel-manganese-cobalt oxides (NMC) are very powerful. Unfortunately, their capacity decreases over time. Now, for the first time, a team has used a non-destructive method to observe how the elemental composition of the individual layers in a button ...

Faster charging, longer lifespan

Next-generation battery breakthrough from POSTECH and KIER

23-Apr-2025 - As the demand continues to grow for batteries capable of ultra-fast charging and high energy density in various sectors—from electric vehicles to large-scale energy storage systems (ESS)—a joint research team from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and the Korea Institute of ...

From trash to treasure: new method efficiently regenerates spent lithium cobalt oxide batteries

A significant step toward sustainable battery reuse

11-Apr-2025 - Lithium-ion batteries are essential for powering electronics and electric vehicles, yet their limited lifespan—typically 5 to 8 years—leads to massive volumes of hazardous waste. Current recycling technologies such as pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy are energy-intensive, environmentally ...

What innovation potential does the use of graphene offer for lithium-ion batteries?

10-Apr-2025 - A new publication dealing with the use of graphene in lithium-ion batteries points to the potential of the material: Graphene can significantly improve the performance of batteries in the future. While great progress has been made from a technological perspective, the large-scale use of ...

Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries

Environmentally friendly and efficient: recycling lithium-ion batteries in neutral solution

13-Mar-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 inexpensive way, as a Chinese research team reports in ...

Researchers are cracking the code on solid-state batteries

Using a combination of advanced imagery and ultra-thin coatings, researchers are working to revolutionize solid-state battery performance

10-Mar-2025 - From electric vehicles to wireless earbuds, traditional lithium-ion batteries power our daily lives as they charge fast and store plenty of energy. However, they rely on a solution known as liquid electrolyte, which can catch on fire if damaged or overheated. University of Missouri researchers ...

From raw material to an (almost) finished car battery

Successful European battery project

04-Mar-2025 - In a four-year EU project led by Empa, eleven collaborators from research and industry succeeded in significantly improving batteries for electric cars. One of the main objectives of the project was to scale up the new materials and technologies so that they can be brought to market as fast as ...