battery technology

A team of engineers from the University of Porto in Portugal and the University of Texas at Austin have designed a simple battery capable of self-charging.

Penn State scientists have created a new battery that can rapidly charge and self-heat no matter what the outside temperature may be.

A new lithium-metal battery technology that will provide two times the energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries is just months away from actualization.

A Swiss research group has proven that we don’t need to rush to reinvent batteries. They have improved the performance of conventional lithium ion batteries without even changing the chemical composition.

Researchers discovered that the ions inside a battery should flow back and forth from one electrode to another, but it turns out that they often get stuck, causing “traffic jams” that reduce capacity. Now that the problem has been identified, several possible solutions could improve batteries in the near future.

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