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Carbon-free process extracts nickel for batteries and steel
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Carbon-free process extracts nickel for batteries and steel

Ubaid Manzoor, PhD researcher at MPI-Susmat and first author of the Nature publication, using an electric arc furnace to reduce low-grade nickel ores...

How can we optimize solid-state batteries? Try asking AI
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How can we optimize solid-state batteries? Try asking AI

Big data-driven AI analysis of hydride SSEs. Credit: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202506573 Scientists are racing against time to try and...

Cone and disc carbon structures offer new pathways for sodium-ion batteries
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Cone and disc carbon structures offer new pathways for sodium-ion batteries

Atin Pramanik, a postdoctoral associate in Ajayan’s lab, examines the battery prototype. Credit: Jeff Fitlow / Rice University As global demand for electric...

Used EV batteries could power vehicles, houses or even towns if their manufacturers share vital data
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Used EV batteries could power vehicles, houses or even towns if their manufacturers share vital data

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around the world, more and more electric vehicles are hitting the road. Last year, more than 17 million battery-electric...

‘Cold’ manufacturing approach solves fabrication challenge for solid-state batteries
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‘Cold’ manufacturing approach solves fabrication challenge for solid-state batteries

Penn State researchers, including graduate student Tai-Wei Wang, pictured, recently published their work investigating the application of an advanced manufacturing technique in battery...

High-powered solar cells aim to replace batteries in low-power electronics
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High-powered solar cells aim to replace batteries in low-power electronics

Credit: Ambient Photonics The basic technology behind Ambient Photonics’s solar cells is so simple that it’s routinely assembled as a high school science...

Single-step laser printing supercharges high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries
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Single-step laser printing supercharges high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

(a) Illustrations of the single-step laser-printing process and (b) laser-induced conversion during printing. Credit: HKUST A research team has developed an innovative single-step...

‘Electron sponge’ technology enhances durability of fire-safe aqueous zinc-ion batteries
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‘Electron sponge’ technology enhances durability of fire-safe aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Comparison of images after zinc deposition. Credit: Korea Institute Of Energy Research Researchers have developed a novel copper oxide-based electrode material and successfully...

Zero thermal expansion materials rejuvenate aging batteries
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Zero thermal expansion materials rejuvenate aging batteries

The negative and positive thermal expansion behavior of battery cathode materials upon heating. Credit: NIMTE A team of scientists have developed zero thermal...