Battery and Energy Storage

    Volvo, Northvolt Team up for Electric Battery Factory

    Volvo and Sweden's Northvolt have joined forces to build a new battery factory in Europe as the automaker aims to sell only fully electric...

    Proliferation of EVs Based on High-Performance, Low-Cost Sodium-Ion Battery

    Various automobile companies are preparing to shift from internal combustion (IC) engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). However, due to higher cost, EVs are...

    Combining energy storage and solar offers unexpected power reliability boost

    New research from North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University finds that when a power system combines energy storage and solar power...

    Researchers Discovered Defect Properties in Photovoltaic Material

    As a new member of photovoltaic family, antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has the satisfactory bandgap of 1.7eV, benefiting the fabrication of the top absorber layer...

    Soaking up the Sun: Artificial Photosynthesis Promises Clean, Sustainable Source of Energy

    Humans can do lots of things that plants can't do. We can walk around, we can talk, we can hear and see and touch....

    Oxygen Loss can Deplete Lithium-ion Battery’s Voltage

    When lithium ions flow in and out of a battery electrode during charging and discharging, a tiny bit of oxygen seeps out and the...

    New Research Shines Light on Perovskite Solar Cells Performance

    The potential of a class of materials called perovskites, to enable solar cells to better absorb sunlight for energy production, is widely known. However,...

    Energy Secretary Says US Wants ‘Responsible’ Lithium Mining

    Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration wants to see lithium needed for electric cars to be mined "in a responsible way" that respects the...

    Molecular Coating Enhances Organic Solar Cells

    Researchers have found an electrode coating just one molecule thick can significantly enhance the performance of an organic photovoltaic cell. The coating outperforms the...

    Hydrogen Application is the Sustainable Fuel for the Future

    How will we get around in the future? What could succeed crude oil and natural gas? One option already exists. It has three times...

    Innovative Batteries Put Flying Cars on the Horizon

    Jet packs, robot maids, and flying cars were all promises for the 21st century. We got mechanized, autonomous vacuum cleaners instead. Now a team...

    Making Batteries Live Longer with Ultrathin Lithium

    Our lives today are governed by electronics in all shapes and forms. Electronics, in turn, are governed by their batteries. However, the traditional lithium-ion...

    Hybrid Redox-Flow Battery with a Long Cycle Life

    Redox‑flow batteries store electrical energy in chemical compounds that are dissolved in an electrolyte. They are a particularly promising alternative to lithium‑ion batteries as...

    Methylammonium-Free Perovskite Solar Cell with Slot-Die Coating, 18% Efficiency

    Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Université Grenoble Alpes in France have combined a slot-die coating technique with gas quenching and substrate heating to fabricate a perovskite solar cell with...

    Next-Gen Electric Vehicle Batteries: These are the Questions We Still Need to Answer

    The next generation of electric vehicle batteries, with greater range and improved safety, could be emerging in the form of lithium metal, solid-state technology. But...

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