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Advancements and Competition Key Factor Behind Driving Li-ion Market to US$380B by 2034
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IDTechEx forecast the market for lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells to be worth US$380 billion by 2034, driven by advancements in technology and rapidly growing...
Lithium-ion batteries don’t work well in the cold − a battery researcher explains the chemistry at low temperatures
Wesley Chang, Drexel University
Rechargeable batteries are great for storing energy and powering electronics from smartphones to electric vehicles. In cold environments, however, they can...
Researchers have shed important new light on what the early signs of battery failure look like
Argonne researchers complete an in-depth examination of soft-shorts, a phenomenon that is an early step toward permanent failure in a battery
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
An Argonne...
Self-extinguishing batteries could reduce the risk of deadly and costly battery fires
Apparao Rao, Clemson University and Bingan Lu, Hunan University
In a newly published study, we describe our design for a self-extinguishing rechargeable battery. It replaces...
Solid state battery design charges in minutes, lasts for thousands of cycles
Research paves the way for better lithium metal batteries
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed...
Lithium-ion batteries are no longer the gold standard in battery tech
Tsinghua University
The use of lithium metal as the anode for batteries is one of the smarter options with better energy density than other materials....
The secret to longer lasting batteries might be in how soap works
Researchers found that one of the most promising electrolytes for designing longer lasting lithium batteries has complex nanostructures that act like micelle structures do...
Stronger lithium batteries may need ‘weaker’ solvation structure
Tsinghua University
Lithium batteries power our phones, computers, many of our cars and so much more — even the drill and weedwhacker. But as technology...
How sodium-ion batteries could make electric cars cheaper
Robert House, University of Oxford
Cars that burn petrol and diesel must be replaced with renewable alternatives if the climate crisis is to be overcome....
EV batteries could get big boost with new polymer coating
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating – called HOS-PFM – that could enable...
