As the electric vehicle era enters full scale, demand is increasing for batteries that can travel farther and last longer.

Researchers at Empa and EPFL have reported a stretchable, silicone-based solid electrolyte aimed at addressing a persistent ...

The application of polymer electrolytes is expected to revitalize solid-state lithium metal batteries (SSLMBs) with high ...

Functional batteries that incorporate lithium metal into the anode could herald a huge breakthrough in energy research, with the material promising incredibly high energy density compared to the ...

South Korean researchers have unveiled a new lithium-metal battery technology that could push electric ...

Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized the way we power our gadgets, and they even nabbed the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year. But scientists want to make even more powerful versions. Replacing ...

The mechanical properties of Li have recently received considerable attention because of their importance in understanding and enabling Li metal batteries. Although there are numerous models that aim ...

Metal batteries, with active metals as anodes, are considered as one of the most promising solutions to achieve the energy upgrade of battery technologies, yet their practical applications are ...

Lithium metal batteries have higher charge density than conventional lithium ion batteries but are prone to problems of tree-like metal dendrites, which can cause short circuits or explosions. A new ...

Battery dendrites are not caused by electrical origins, but instead have mechanical sources. The dendrites propagate due to fracture of the electrolyte and subsequent crack filling-in. Stresses on the ...