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During the oil crisis of the 1970s, a chemist at Exxon named M. Stanley Whittingham, working on a new type of rechargeable battery, discovered that lithium ions could slip inside the gaps in a layered ...

Scientists have built a new a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery anode that incorporates iron oxide, ...

This article will provide an overview on how to design a lithium-ion battery. It will look into the two major components of the battery: the cells and the electronics, and compare lithium-ion cell ...

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have built a calcium-ion battery that retains roughly three ...

Lithium-ion batteries are what make modern electric vehicles possible. This Engineering Explained video shows how they work, and how they're manufactured. The video is sponsored by LG Energy Solution, ...

In the ongoing search for materials for new and improved batteries, sodium as a cheap and widely abundant option ticks some important boxes, but bringing these experimental designs up to speed is far ...

As new technologies consume more power and alternative energy sources become increasingly necessary to fuel Iowans’ lives, ...

Sodium-ion batteries offer advantages in terms of raw material costs and safety, but there is still room for improvement if they are to supersede the ubiquitous lithium-ion technology. Now, new ...