Researchers at Tokyo University of Science showed that sodium-ion batteries with hard carbon anodes can charge faster than lithium-ion batteries by using a diluted electrode method that reveals sodium ...

Researchers and scientists began work on sodium-ion battery development as early as the late 1970s to the early 1980s, and continued to progress throughout the eighties. However, lithium-ion batteries ...

The rising demand for lithium and environmental concerns are driving the search for alternative battery technologies. Sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, solid-state, and silicon anode batteries are emerging ...

Electric vehicles, grid storage and consumer electronics are turning a once sleepy industrial mineral into a strategic prize, ...

Interfacial Cross-Linking of Phenolic Resin and Pitch for Enhanced Sodium Storage in HC. Anodes.This schematic illustrates the synthesis process of hard carbon (HC) anodes with improved sodium storage ...

These days, batteries are found in just about every electronic device you could imagine. From phones to lawn mowers to cars, the items that make life in the modern world happen to do so with a battery ...

Researchers from Rice University's Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, in partnership with Baylor University and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ...

The rapid evolution of lithium-ion batteries has driven significant research into novel anode materials that offer improved safety, enhanced rate capabilities, and prolonged cycle life. Traditionally, ...

Cathodes play a dominant role in defining cell energy density, and also make up a significant proportion of cell costs, due to the use of high-cost metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium. Standard ...

Forecasters also expect global graphite demand to continue soaring in the next decade, alongside the battery boom. That ...