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Caged ions make faster escape from battery membrane

Adding molecular cages to the polymer membrane in a lithium-ion battery can increase the flow of lithium ions by an order of magnitude.

Aluminum bonds with carbon over new rechargeable battery

By combining aluminum with carbon fibers, researchers have developed a rechargeable battery that can be charged and discharged up to 10,000 times.

Water-splitting material gets better with age

Rather than degrading over time, a water-splitting material made of silicon and gallium nitride actually becomes more efficient and stable.

Porous electrodes are forever blowing bubbles

Researchers have found there are three ways bubbles can form on and depart from the surface of the porous electrodes in electrochemical reactions.

Novel battery electrolyte is all it's cracked up to be

A novel electrolyte developed for lithium-air batteries could help prevent the cracking of metal alloy cathodes in lithium-ion batteries.

New study reveals why lithium-metal batteries don’t age well

Using a cryogenic electron microscope, researchers have taken the first atomic-scale look at how 'calendar aging' attacks lithium-metal anodes.

Carbon fibers support ground-breaking advance in structural batteries

Using carbon fibers, researchers have developed a structural battery that combines high levels of electrical energy storage, stiffness and strength.

Novel water-splitting material gives pores for thought

By covering cubic silicon carbide in nanopores, researchers have created an efficient light-powered material for splitting water to produce hydrogen.

Perovskite solar cells take a dip into large-scale production

A new, inexpensive dipping process using a sulfolane additive can produce high-quality perovskite crystalline thin film for use in solar cells.