Today, most rechargeable batteries are made from lithium ions, but sodium-ion alternatives could make battery tech much ...

Panasonic has announced it's ready to begin mass production on its long-awaited 4680 lithium-ion battery cells, specifically designed to boost range, power, charging and efficiency in electric ...

Lithium-ion batteries have become the quiet workhorses of the energy transition, but the way they are designed and tested has long been slow, expensive, and heavily empirical. Machine learning is now ...

Oil and gas shortages are accelerating interest in wind, solar, and especially battery storage as countries seek reliable alternatives. Researchers developed a low-cost “all-iron” flow battery with ...

Lithium solved a very real problem, offering energy density high enough to make modern portable electronics and electric vehicles commercially viable.