Latest Batteries Tech Insights

The improved lithium-ion batteries could go from 0 to 80% in just 15 minutes.

The improved lithium-ion batteries could go from 0 to 80% in just 15 minutes.

Enhanced ion speed in organic materials could improve battery charging, soft robotics, and neuromorphic computing.

Enhanced ion speed in organic materials could improve battery charging, soft robotics, and neuromorphic computing.

From coffee to wine, food products became battery materials, catalysts, and other tech components this year.

From coffee to wine, food products became battery materials, catalysts, and other tech components this year.

Lithium-ion improvements and alternative systems highlighted renewable energy storage this year.

Lithium-ion improvements and alternative systems highlighted renewable energy storage this year.

Battery safety improvements are essential for moving the renewable energy transition and electric vehicle adoption.

Battery safety improvements are essential for moving the renewable energy transition and electric vehicle adoption.

The AI-controlled battery pack can prevent grid congestion by balancing loads at peak times.

The AI-controlled battery pack can prevent grid congestion by balancing loads at peak times.

Adding vanadium to EV battery cathodes could increase efficiency and stability.

Adding vanadium to EV battery cathodes could increase efficiency and stability.

A hybrid polymer network cathode could lead to cheap, long-lasting, renewable batteries for electric vehicles.

A hybrid polymer network cathode could lead to cheap, long-lasting, renewable batteries for electric vehicles.

Fast-moving X-ray beams offer a window into solid-state battery failure mechanisms.

Fast-moving X-ray beams offer a window into solid-state battery failure mechanisms.

Redox flow battery microgrids could be the answer to disaster-caused outages.

Redox flow battery microgrids could be the answer to disaster-caused outages.

Molten salt batteries are fire-resistant and long-lasting, but are they a good choice for electric vehicles?

Molten salt batteries are fire-resistant and long-lasting, but are they a good choice for electric vehicles?

Organic molecules make aqueous organic flow batteries more cost-effective and longer-lasting.

Organic molecules make aqueous organic flow batteries more cost-effective and longer-lasting.

Can the Martian atmosphere fuel an emerging battery technology?

Can the Martian atmosphere fuel an emerging battery technology?

These solid-state lithium-metal batteries can provide a stable interface for high-voltage operation.

These solid-state lithium-metal batteries can provide a stable interface for high-voltage operation.

Salty water could provide all the lithium needed for electric vehicle batteries, but extraction is tricky. Can…

Salty water could provide all the lithium needed for electric vehicle batteries, but extraction is tricky. Can researchers devise an efficient method?

A natural, abundant material could make batteries more efficient and sustainable.

A natural, abundant material could make batteries more efficient and sustainable.

Georgia Tech researchers say the novel cathode could boost battery efficiency.

Georgia Tech researchers say the novel cathode could boost battery efficiency.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is using machine learning to predict a battery’s risk of thermal runaway.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is using machine learning to predict a battery’s risk of thermal runaway.

The nuclear battery is 8,000 times more efficient than previous versions.

The nuclear battery is 8,000 times more efficient than previous versions.