A new battery made from affordable and durable materials generates energy from places where salt and fresh waters mingle. The technology could make coastal wastewater treatment plants energy... Read more
The world is a big place, but it’s gotten smaller with the advent of technologies that put people from across the globe in the palm of one’s hand. And as the world has shrunk, it has also de... Read more
RMIT University researchers have demonstrated for the first time a working rechargeable “proton battery” that could re-wire how we power our homes, vehicles and devices. The rechargeable bat... Read more
Water could form the basis for future particularly inexpensive rechargeable batteries. Empa researchers have succeeded in doubling the electrochemical stability of water with a special sali... Read more
Battery leverages both iron and oxygen to drive more lithium ions On paper, it doesn’t seem like Christopher Wolverton’s super lithium-rich battery should work. For one, the novel battery us... Read more
Researchers from Empa and the University of Geneva have developed an initial prototype of a solid sodium battery with the potential to store extra energy. Phones, laptops, electric cars – ba... Read more
Industrial forecasts predict an insatiable need for battery farms to store renewable energy like solar and wind. Lithium ion batteries may remain tops for sheer performance, but when cost-pe... Read more
Three-stage method could revolutionise rechargeability University of Sydney researchers have found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks preventing zinc-air batteries from overt... Read more
A new generation of manganese dioxide-zinc batteries with unprecedented cycle life and energy density is the latest innovation at The City College of New York-based CUNY Energy Institute. Th... Read more
Researchers at The City College of New York-based CUNY Energy Institute announce the development of a novel low cost, rechargeable, high energy density battery that makes the widespread use... Read more
Advance could lead to improved battery safety, performance and cost A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Energy Research Center and A. James Clark School of Engineering have a... Read more