May 18, 2021 · Lithium-ion batteries, spurred by the growth in mobile phone, tablet, and laptop computer markets, have been pushed to achieve increasingly higher energy densities, which …

May 20, 2025 · One of lithium-ion battery technology’s biggest challenges is metal electrode degradation, which researchers are looking to solve with an unlikely material: tin foam.

Jul 22, 2025 · Lithium plating on the graphite anode degrades performance and can lead to fires. A mesoscale model offers a tool for predicting when plating starts and how quickly it …

Oct 24, 2019 · More precisely, the tower allows battery-abuse researchers to drop up to 500 pounds on a lithium-ion cell from the nearly 8-foot height. The researchers want to learn …

Oct 24, 2018 · Researchers are working on new ways to make lithium-ion batteries safer, including improved internal designs, enhanced anode and cathode chemistries, and less …

May 3, 2016 · This labor-intensive and expensive process is complicated by the difficulty of determining the exact material used in a given battery. Wang’s process saves considerable …

Sep 9, 2025 · Researchers at England’s University of Surrey are embedding smart sensors into lithium-ion batteries to detect and halt fires before they start.

Aug 29, 2023 · Sodium-ion replacements for the more popular lithium equivalent is one alternative as extracting lithium becomes more expensive and comes with geopolitical challenges. Solid …

Dec 7, 2018 · Researchers hope 3-D printing lithium-ion battery electrodes that include latticed chambers can keep the batteries powered longer between chargers. They’ve already shown …

Aug 18, 2025 · The limits of lithium-ion “The solid battery has a high theoretical capacity or high theoretical energy density,” said Hongtao Sun, a professor of industrial and manufacturing …