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New metal design for solid-state batteries enables operation at lower pressures
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New metal design for solid-state batteries enables operation at lower pressures

Sun Geun Yoon works in a glove box in McDowell’s laboratory at Georgia Tech. Credit: Christopher McKenney Lithium-ion batteries power everything from electric...

Researchers uncover how magnesium boosts solid-state battery safety and longevity
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Researchers uncover how magnesium boosts solid-state battery safety and longevity

Operando SEM of Li and Li-Mg anodes during stripping. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59567-8 Low-battery anxiety may soon be a little less...

Neural networks speed up search for solid-state battery materials for safer electric cars with extended range
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Neural networks speed up search for solid-state battery materials for safer electric cars with extended range

Machine learning speeds up a key stage in the search for materials for protective electrolyte coatings for solid-state batteries, a promising energy storage...

‘Space charge layer’ effect could boost solid-state battery performance
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‘Space charge layer’ effect could boost solid-state battery performance

Researchers discovered that the mixing of small particles between two solid electrolytes can generate an effect called a “space charge layer,” an accumulation...

Novel elastic alloy achieves 20x temperature change and 90% Carnot efficiency in solid-state heat pumping
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Novel elastic alloy achieves 20x temperature change and 90% Carnot efficiency in solid-state heat pumping

Key idea and candidate materials for large thermoelastic effect (TeE). Credit: HKUST Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University...

Researchers develop new material for solid-state batteries
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Researchers develop new material for solid-state batteries

Prof. Thomas F. Fässler in his laboratory at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry with a Focus on Novel Materials. Credit: Wenzel Schuermann /...

Metal fatigue in anodes identified as key cause of solid-state lithium battery degradation
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Metal fatigue in anodes identified as key cause of solid-state lithium battery degradation

Operando SEM analysis of Li/LLZTO interface under cyclic currents. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adq6807 A team of materials scientists and engineers affiliated with...

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...

‘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...