Batteries

Safety Concerns Over Lithium Batteries, ETTravelWorld

The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday clarified that passengers are not allowed to use power banks to…

2 months ago

Mechanistic understanding could enable better fast-charging batteries

Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering everything from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. They're also notorious for overheating or…

11 months ago

2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ gets smart, with batteries

What’s in a name? The Escalade IQ is smarter, it turns out A big battery delivers 460 miles of range…

11 months ago

Recycling lithium-ion batteries cuts emissions and strengthens supply chain

Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical metals has significantly lower environmental impacts than mining virgin metals, according to a…

1 year ago

Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation Might Be Linked With Leaking Hydrogen Protons, Study Finds

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have made a significant breakthrough in understanding battery degradation. This discovery has major…

1 year ago

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Batteries lose capacity over time, which is why older cellphones run out of power more quickly. This common phenomenon, however,…

1 year ago

Development of a model capable of predicting the cycle lives of high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries

NIMS and SoftBank Corp. have jointly developed a model capable of predicting the cycle lives of high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries by…

2 years ago

How lithium-ion batteries work

Lithium-ion batteries are what make modern electric vehicles possible. This Engineering Explained video shows how they work, and how they're…

2 years ago

Cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries could be produced at low temperatures

Layered lithium cobalt oxide, a key component of lithium-ion batteries, has been synthesized at temperatures as low as 300°C and…

2 years ago