Researchers investigate the mechanism of lithium dendrite formation in lithium ion batteries in situ with electrochemical scanning electron microscopy.
All-Printed Batteries: Bend Me, Stretch Me, Twist Me!
Strategy for all-printed Zn-Ag2O battery on a stretchable textile and photographs of sealed battery while being stretched, twisted and indented.
Graphene Nanoribbons on Highly Porous 3D Graphene for High-Capacity and Ultrastable Al-Ion Batteries
Get to know a highly porous 3D graphene foam as a binder-free cathode material for high-capacity Al-ion batteries.
2016 Bunsen-Colloquium Solid-State Batteries
Highlights from the biannual Bunsen-Colloquium in Frankfurt, Germany.
High-Capacity Aqueous Potassium-Ion Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage
Researchers have reported the synthesis of potassium iron (II) hexacyanoferrate dehydrate nanocubes with a high potassium ion content and their application as an electrode material in aqueous electrolyte potassium-ion batteries.
High rate performance lithium sulfur batteries
A new facile method has been developed where in situ generated CO2 gas bubbles are encapsulated in a nanoparticle stabilized emulsion.
Porous Nanowires for High-Rate Sodium-Ion Batteries
Researchers from China have embedded carbon-coated NVP nanoparticles in carbon nanowires to create a promising cathode material for sodium-ion batteries.
Electrolytes for improved safety of Li-Ion batteries
Renjie Chen and co-workers developed a nanogelator-based solid electrolyte that improves the safety of Li-ion batteries.
Nanomembranes for Li–Oxygen Batteries
A trilayered Pd/MnOx/Pd nanomembrane greatly enhances the properties of Li–Oxygen batteries.
Disordered cathodes for Li-ion batteries
An oxyfluoride-based cathode material for Li-ion batteries with high practical specific capacity beyond that of classical systems has been developed.