Materials chemistry journal articles, Volume 17, Issue 4 (May 2014)

Announcement of 2019 Materials Today Agents of Change Award Recipients

Scientists go deep to recycle lithium-ion batteries

An environmentally friendly deep eutectic solvent can extract valuable elements from the metal oxides commonly used as cathodes in lithium-ion batteries.

Novel perovskite material can produce white light

By adding sodium to a lead-free all-inorganic perovskite, physicists have produced a single material that can produce white light.

Organic materials for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries

Ultra-thin solar cells bend and flex while they work

Scientists have made ultra-thin solar cells from gallium arsenide that are flexible enough to wrap around the average pencil.