(Nanowerk News) Haoshen Zhou (Leader) and Yonggang Wang (Post-Doctoral Research Scientist) of Energy Interface Technology Group, the Energy Technology Research Institute of the National Institute of ...

Hydrogenated borophene with cobalt nickel compounds enables stable lithium hydroxide chemistry in water, activating oxygen ...

They recover lithium from used batteries with a purity of 99.79% and simplify solid-state batteries, promoting the safety of ...

As global electric vehicle adoption accelerates, end-of-life battery packs are quickly becoming a major waste stream. Lithium is costly to mine and ...

Electric car batteries require 500,000 liters of water per ton of lithium and create toxic waste, revealing the hidden ...

Hurricanes can bring saltwater floods. Officials often warn about the risk of EV batteries interacting with salt water, but power tools can also be affected.

Lithium–oxygen cells have attracted extensive interests due to their high theoretical energy densities. The main challenges are the low round-trip efficiency and cycling instability over long time.

ADELPHI, Md. -- Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its ...

For the first time a lithium-ion battery has been developed that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark desired for household electronics, such as laptop computers ...

Lithium-ion batteries are rechargeable, have a high energy storage capacity, and exhibit minimal loss of charge when not in use. In our day-to-day lives, we enjoy the benefits of this technology. We ...

MIDLAND, Mich. (WNEM) - The potential fiery danger posed by lithium-ion batteries was realized on Monday, May 6 during a garbage run in Midland. A fire chief told TV5 why the batteries require extra ...

Figure 1: Schematic of the electrochemical lithium tuning process. Figure 3: Structural analysis of LiCoO 2 before and after electrochemical tuning. Figure 4: OER improvements on other mixed metal ...