Battery and Energy Storage

Novel Heterostructure Nanosheet Boosts Efficiency of Lean-Electrolyte Lithium Batteries

ELE Times Research Desk - May 27, 2021

Lithium sulfur (Li-S) battery technology is promising for next-generation energy storage. However, lithium polysulfide shuttling, sluggish redox kinetics, and uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth limit...

One-Step Method to Improve Performance of Cathode Materials in Na-ion Batteries

ELE Times News - May 25, 2021

Na-ion batteries are promising in large-scale energy storage owing to the abundant raw material resources, low cost, and high safety. Sodium vanadium fluorophosphate (Na3(VOPO4)2F) with...

Renewable Energy

Achieving a National-Scale, 100% Renewable Electric Grid

ELE Times Research Desk - May 21, 2021

With recently announced federal emissions-reduction targets, a push for national power-sector decarbonization, and plummeting wind and solar costs, the United States is poised to...

Battery and Energy Storage

World First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries

ELE Times Research Desk - May 19, 2021

Imagine an entire 20-storey concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden,...

Battery and Energy Storage

Researchers Create New Zinc-Air Pouch Cells

ELE Times Research Desk - May 18, 2021

Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) are among the most promising next-generation battery technologies due to their many advantageous characteristics. Most notably, these batteries have unique half-open...

Battery and Energy Storage

Govt approves Rs 18,100 cr PLI scheme for promoting ACC Battery Manufacturing

ELE Times News - May 13, 2021

The government on Wednesday approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing advanced chemistry cell (ACC) battery at an estimated outlay of Rs 18,100 crore. With...

Battery and Energy Storage

A Long-Lasting, Stable Solid-State Lithium Battery

ELE Times Research Desk - May 13, 2021

Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today's lithium-ion batteries fall short of what's needed—they're too heavy,...

Tesla Supercharger Network Reaches 25K-Milestone

ELE Times News - May 10, 2021

Elon Musk-owned Tesla's Supercharger network has now reached a total of 25,000 chargers a big milestone for the fast-charging network. At the end of 2020,...

Renewable Energy

Researchers Develop New Metal-Free, Recyclable Polypeptide Battery that Degrades on Demand

ELE Times Research Desk - May 7, 2021

The introduction of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has revolutionized technology as a whole, leading to major advances in consumer goods across nearly all sectors. Battery-powered...

Battery and Energy Storage

Significant Progress in Lithium-Air Battery Development

ELE Times Research Desk - May 7, 2021

Research led by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with and Loughborough University, is making significant progress in the development of stable and practical...

Battery and Energy Storage

Battery Parts can be Recycled Without Crushing or Melting

ELE Times Research Desk - April 30, 2021

The proliferation of electric cars, smartphones, and portable devices is leading to an estimated 25 percent increase globally in the manufacturing of rechargeable batteries...

Battery and Energy Storage

Ford announces new lab to develop lithium-ion, solid-state Vehicle Batteries

ELE Times Report - April 29, 2021

Ford has announced its plan to open a new battery lab called ‘Ford Ion Park’ to develop and manufacture electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and...

Battery and Energy Storage

Researchers Show Enhanced Electrode-Water Interactions in Metal-Free Aqueous Batteries

ELE Times Research Desk - April 24, 2021

Batteries are a part of everyday modern life, powering everything from laptops, phones, and robot vacuums to hearing aids, pacemakers, and even electric cars....

Battery and Energy Storage

Novel Approach to Revive Dead Lithium from Batteries

ELE Times Research Desk - April 23, 2021

Li-ion batteries and other emerging lithium-based battery technologies are currently used to power a wide range of devices, including smartphones, laptops, tablets, and cameras....

Battery and Energy Storage