Scientists create designs for quantum batteries, which harness the potential of quantum mechanics to enhance energy storage.
A battery made from food makes edible electronics palatable
An edible and rechargeable battery to power devices used for GI tract monitoring, therapeutics, and analyzing food quality.
A self-breathing battery helps robots take a deep dive
A new battery design not only provides energy,not only provides energy, but facilitates automatic surfacing and diving mechanisms in electronic, underwater equipment.
Battery boost found by mimicking the wonders of bamboo
New membrane inspired from bamboo allows researchers to create new 2D material for better ion transport in batteries.
Breakthrough design offers promising solutions to the lithium-air battery problem
New design in lithium-air battery aims to get more electric vehicles on the road.
The biodegradable battery
Researchers build a biodegradable mini-capacitor that consists of carbon, cellulose, glycerin, and table salt — and it works reliably.
Improving Li-ion battery performance using 3D printing
Increasing the mass of an electrode reduces power density due to the longer distance that ions and electrons must travel. Electrode designs need a rethink.
Dual aluminum-nitrogen battery that stores energy and fixes nitrogen
A rechargeable aluminum-nitrogen battery serves the dual purpose of not only storing and retrieving energy, but also being able to fix its nitrogen stream as ammonia.
Jang Wook Choi: Pride in battery research
Celebrating “10 years of Advanced Energy Materials Research,” we chatted with Jang Wook Choi of SNU about his career and the future of battery research.
What comes after the lithium-ion battery?
What are alternative technologies to lithium-ion batteries and what does the future hold for energy storage?