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Scalable graphene current collectors for enhanced thermal ...

A protocol is demonstrated for the fabrication of dense and defect-free graphene current collectors on the hundred-meter scale. Owing to their high thermal conductivity and dense structures, these ...

Li-ion battery electrolytes | Nature Energy

Nature Energy - The electrolyte is an indispensable component in any electrochemical device. In Li-ion batteries, the electrolyte development experienced a tortuous pathway closely associated with ...

Sustainability of Battery Technologies: Today and Tomorrow

Li-ion batteries (LIBs) have reshaped the modern world. They are widely used in consumer electronics, stationary energy storage facilities and, increasingly, in cars. The rapid …

A chemically self-charging aqueous zinc-ion battery

Therefore, Zn/CaZn 3.6−x VO system can harvest chemical energy from the ambient environment and convert it to electrical energy stored in batteries through the chemical charging process.

Surface reconstruction and chemical evolution of ...

The present study sheds light on the long-standing challenges associated with high-voltage operation of LiNixMnxCo1−2xO2 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Using correlated ensemble ...

Non-destructive characterization techniques for battery ...

Non-destructive techniques capable of tracking commercial battery properties under realistic conditions have unlocked chemical, thermal and mechanical data with the potential to accelerate and ...

Unveiling the Structural and Chemical Evolution of Layered Oxide ...

5 · However, they suffer from reduced capacity and a shortened lifespan when exposed to water vapor during storage or battery assembly. This article elaborates on the structural and …

The role of LiO2 solubility in O2 reduction in aprotic ...

Nature Chemistry - The mechanism of O2 reduction in aprotic solvents is important for the operation of Li–O2 batteries but is not well understood. A single unified mechanism is now described ...

Unlocking the hidden chemical space in cubic-phase garnet ...

Garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) solid electrolytes (SE) demonstrates appealing ionic conductivity properties for all-solid-state lithium metal battery applications. However, LLZO (electro)chemical ...

Advances in Sodium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials: Exploring …

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been powering portable electronic devices and electric vehicles for over three decades. However, growing concerns regarding the limited availability of lithium …

Science Made Simple: What Are Batteries and How …

Similarly, for batteries to work, electricity must be converted into a chemical potential form before it can be readily stored. Batteries consist of two electrical terminals called the cathode and the anode, separated by a chemical …

Not just batteries: The chemistry of electric cars

The batteries that eventually replace lithium-ion ones should be even more efficient and long-lasting. With a life of 1000 charging cycles, the battery may last longer than the car. Large commercial vehicles represent a particular challenge to manufacturers, as their powerful batteries need more resources to keep them charged.

Lithium batteries: To the limits of lithium | Nature

Lithium–sulfur batteries, similar to those batteries that Exxon experimented with in the 1970s, can store up to ten times the energy of a lithium-ion battery by weight.

The rise of high-entropy battery materials

The emergence of high-entropy materials has inspired the exploration of novel materials in diverse technologies. In electrochemical energy storage, high-entropy design has shown advantageous ...

Electric cars and batteries: how will the world produce enough?

"The biggest talker is money," says Jeffrey Spangenberger, a chemical engineer at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, who manages a US federally funded lithium-ion battery ...

Science Made Simple: What Are Batteries and How Do They Work?

Similarly, for batteries to work, electricity must be converted into a chemical potential form before it can be readily stored. Batteries consist of two electrical terminals called the cathode and the anode, separated by a chemical material called an electrolyte. To accept and release energy, a battery is coupled to an external circuit.

Solid-state batteries: The critical role of mechanics | Science

Editor''s summary. Replacing a liquid electrolyte with a solid one has the potential to improve the capacity and safety of lithium metal batteries. Although the focus has …

The role of electrocatalytic materials for developing post ...

The exploration of post-Lithium (Li) metals, such as Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Magnesium (Mg), Calcium (Ca), Aluminum (Al), and Zinc (Zn), for electrochemical energy storage has been driven by ...

Understanding the charge transfer effects of single atoms for ...

Based on these conditions for the battery test, it can be concluded that the cut-off chemical potential for all products obtained at the cathode is −0.61 eV to −1.91 eV (versus RHE) 37,44,45 ...

Switchable thermal pathways in batteries | Nature Chemical …

Nature Chemical Engineering - Switchable thermal pathways in batteries. As a proof of concept, the authors conducted a thermal runaway propagation test by using nail penetration on a battery ...

The new car batteries that could power the electric vehicle ...

Batteries are effectively chemical sandwiches, which work by shuttling charged ions from one side (the anode) to the other (the cathode) through some intermediate material (the electrolyte) while ...

Chemo-mechanical failure mechanisms of the silicon anode in …

Nature Materials - Although silicon anodes are promising for solid-state batteries, they still suffer from poor electrochemical performance. Chemo-mechanical failure mechanisms of composite ...

Solid state chemistry for developing better metal-ion batteries

Metal-ion batteries are key enablers in today''s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy for a better planet with ingeniously designed materials being the technology driver. A central ...

Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries

Sodium batteries are promising candidates for mitigating the supply risks associated with lithium batteries. This Review compares the two technologies in terms of …

Extending the low-temperature operation of sodium metal batteries ...

The chemical composition of the SEI formed on the Na metal electrode in NaOTf-DEGDME was revealed ... J.-M. & Armand, M. Issues and challenges facing rechargeable lithium batteries. Nature 414, ...

Chemo-mechanical failure mechanisms of the silicon anode in ...

Nature Materials - Although silicon anodes are promising for solid-state batteries, they still suffer from poor electrochemical performance. Chemo-mechanical failure mechanisms of composite ...

Unlocking the passivation nature of the cathode–air interfacial ...

Chemical delithiation under each air component adsorption The surface reactivity of NMC811 in response to each isolated component of air, N 2, O 2, CO 2, and water vapor, is captured at a gas ...

Rechargeable Batteries of the Future—The State of the Art from a ...

This review gives an overview over the future needs and the current state-of-the art of five research pillars of the European Large-Scale Research Initiative BATTERY 2030+, namely 1) …

Not just batteries: The chemistry of electric cars

The batteries that eventually replace lithium-ion ones should be even more efficient and long-lasting. With a life of 1000 charging cycles, the battery may last longer than the car. Large commercial vehicles represent a particular …

A reflection on lithium-ion battery cathode chemistry | Nature ...

Nature Communications - The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to a trio of pioneers of the modern lithium-ion battery. Here, Professor Arumugam Manthiram looks back at the evolution of...

An intuitive and efficient method for cell voltage prediction ...

The two first terms of equation (4) are intrinsic to the RAC chemical nature and mainly short ranged. ... M. Issues and challenges facing rechargeable lithium batteries. Nature 414, 359367 (2001).

Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries | Nature ...

Nature Reviews Materials - Sodium batteries are promising candidates for mitigating the supply risks associated with lithium batteries. ... The chemical diffusivity is usually limited by the ionic ...

Physicochemical nature of polarization components limiting the …

High-power Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in electric vehicles and grid storage applications and are therefore in high demand; however, their realizati ... Physicochemical nature of polarization components limiting the fast operation of Li-ion batteries Junsik Kang. 0000-0001-9855-5853 ; Junsik Kang 1 ...

Recycling of sodium-ion batteries | Nature Reviews Materials

The subsequent processing of the separated materials and components depends on their inherent chemical properties ... An ultrafast rechargeable aluminium-ion battery. Nature 520, 324–328 (2015).

A chemically self-charging aqueous zinc-ion battery

Nature Communications - Self-charging power systems integrating energy generation and storage are receiving consideration attention. Here the authors report an …

The Nature of Battery Hazards and Accidents | SpringerLink

Batteries are self-contained chemical reactors capable of transforming chemical energy into electrical energy on demand. The chemicals used in batteries are corrosive and toxic and may cause personal injuries or equipment damage if they escape from any battery. ... Levy, S.C., Bro, P. (1994). The Nature of Battery Hazards and Accidents. In ...

Thermal runaway prevention through scalable fabrication of ...

Integrating safety features to cut off excessive current during accidental internal short circuits in Li-ion batteries (LIBs) can reduce the risk of thermal runaway. However, making this concept ...

The role of electrocatalytic materials for developing post ...

Nature Communications - Post-lithium metal| |S batteries show promise for practical applications, but limited understanding of cell parameters and sulfur electrocatalytic conversion hampers ...

Introduction: Beyond Li-Ion Battery Chemistry | Chemical Reviews

Today, we see energy storage enabled by advanced materials and their chemistries making inroads in three key areas: first, wearable devices that demand batteries of flexible shapes and …

Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ''forever ...

These batteries do have advantages: they last longer and don''t use critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel or manganese, important factors to consider as battery production ramps up in the ...

Understanding Li-based battery materials via electrochemical ...

Nature Communications - Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is a key technique for understanding Li-based battery processes. Here, the authors discuss the current state of the art, advantages ...

The Nature of Lithium Battery Materials under Oxygen Evolution …

Transition-metal oxide and phosphate materials, commonly used for lithium battery devices, are active as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts under alkaline and neutral solution conditions. Electrodes composed of LiCoO2 and LiCoPO4 exhibit progressive deactivation and activation for OER catalysis, respectively, upon potential cycling at neutral pH. …

Mechanics and electrochemistry in nature-inspired functional …

Specifically, the exploration inspired by nature introduces various behaviors of batteries operated under different stress conditions, including the four basic deformations (bending, …

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