If you’re using a large battery for a specialized purpose—say grid-scale storage or an electric vehicle—then it’s possible to tweak the battery chemistry, provide a little bit of excess capacity, and ...

Porsche has read the room. With its first electric vehicle now outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment ...

From the beginning of the electrification evolution, the U.S. has struggled to keep up with the Chinese battery giants, and has also fallen behind Europe in some battery production and adoption areas.

While hype continues to build around the development of solid-state batteries, the good-old lithium-ion (Li-ion) formula, ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In his licentiate thesis, "Green thermochemical modification of silicon microparticles for next-generation lithium-ion battery anodes, ...

Taking next-gen battery technologies forward, a US firm has unveiled plans to produce units with a 100 percent silicon anode, replacing graphite entirely. Sionic Energy battery's performance relies on ...

Silicon is an attractive negative electrode (anode) material for future lithium-ion batteries because it can store much more ...

Glass fibers from retired wind turbine blades can be converted into high-capacity silicon-carbon battery anodes, turning a ...

One of the biggest issues facing the solid-state lithium-based batteries we all depend upon is of the performance of the anode; the transport of lithium ions and minimization of dendrite formation are ...

Enovix is a battery technology company that creates enhanced lithium-ion batteries with a smaller, lighter silicon anode and a proprietary 3D silicon cell structure. The company has a strong buy ...

This article is part of the TechXchange: EV Battery Management. The electrification of electric vehicles is one of the most important initiatives for de-carbonization. However, EVs have yet to achieve ...

Silicon can accommodate more lithium ions compared to graphite, the direct result of which is more efficient power drain and ...