Oct
24
Newly Invented Lithium Ceramic For Battery Electrolyte
October 24, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… A team led by Jennifer L. M. Rupp at MIT, Cambridge, USA, and TU Munich, Germany, has now developed such a new synthetic process to make lithium ceramic rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The team has their research results published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. A lithium ceramic could act as a solid electrolyte in a […]
Sep
12
Cleaner Faster Cheaper Lithium Extraction Method Published
September 12, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Princeton University Engineering School researchers have developed a new approach that slashes the land and time needed to extract lithium from brine, which could dramatically expand access to the critical mineral. The researchers say their system can improve production at existing lithium facilities and unlock sources previously seen as too small or diluted to […]
Sep
6
Chloride Ion Chemistry Considered For Replacing Lithium Ion
September 6, 2023 | 1 Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Xiaowei Teng, the James H. Manning professor of Chemical Engineering at WPI, has discovered a new redox chemistry empowered by chloride ions. The development of using seawater sourced chloride batteries with sodium potassium and zinc have all been promising contenders for lithium’s place in rechargeable batteries of the future. Now the […]
Aug
24
Zinc Air Batteries Thought To Better Lithium Ion
August 24, 2023 | 1 Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Edith Cowan University’s recent study into the advancement of sustainable battery systems suggests zinc-air batteries have emerged as a better alternative to lithium chemistries. The research paper reporting the research and the results has been published in the journal EcoMat. Edith Cowan University’s (ECU) Dr Muhammad Rizwan Azhar led the project which discovered lithium-ion […]
Aug
17
Research Shows How Solid State Lithium Metal Batteries Fail
August 17, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Significantly improved electric vehicle (EV) batteries could be a step closer thanks to a new study led by University of Oxford researchers. The research findings have been published in Nature. Using advanced imaging techniques, the team revealed mechanisms which cause lithium metal solid-state batteries (Li-SSBs) to fail. If these can be overcome, solid-state […]