Energy news, December 2022

In a paper in Science, researchers have laid out their vision for electrolyte design in future generations of batteries.

Researchers have shown that plant-based solvents called terpenes can replace toxic chlorinated solvents in the manufacture of organic solar cells.

A new low-temperature process for fabricating bifacial thin-film CIGS solar cells can greatly improve their energy-conversion efficiency.

New electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries stops them catching fire

Reseachers have shown that their 'flash’ Joule heating process can both recover critical metals from old battery anodes and recondition them.

Researchers have developed a scalable fabrication technique for producing ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be stuck onto any surface.

By adding salt to a polymer electrolyte, researchers have produced a lithium-ion battery that can function at high temperatures without starting a fire.

Researchers have shown that metadynamics can be used to find low-energy configurations in the energy landscapes of glassy materials.

Using advanced X-ray techniques, researchers have produced a detailed chemical map of the solid-electrolyte interphase in lithium-metal batteries.

Adding organic ammonium salts to the perovskite surface can help to regulate and reduce unwanted energy loss in perovskite solar cells.

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