Of the many different designs being explored by scientists in pursuit of better batteries, lithium-metal is an architecture that holds great potential. One problem holding the technology back, however ...

To make a standard lithium-ion battery electrode—used in most electric car batteries—manufacturers coat it in a slurry then evaporate the liquid using high temperatures, leaving behind a chemical ...

GraphEnergyTech, a U.K.-based company with operations in Switzerland, is developing highly conductive graphene-based electrodes for solar cells. Current research projects are using its patented ...

The Battery Experts video series with Anthony Chalou from Anton Paar explores the crucial measurement of solid density in powder electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. In this video, Anthony ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. Manufacturers make electrodes by coating metal foils with a slurry of a solvent and battery materials. Then they recover the solvent and dry the ...

Old pieces of bread can be transformed into precisely shaped electrodes using water and heat. The bread-based components could replace metal electrodes in devices while reducing the hundreds of tonnes ...