While renewable energy sources like solar and wind have now become cheaper than fossil fuels, developing long-term energy storage is key to overcome their intermittency. Lithium-ion batteries are the ...

Trumpf has developed laser applications for adhesive and coating preparation in battery production and for corrosion protection of aluminum components. The high-tech company is thus making electric ...

Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times longer than today's technology could be a reality thanks to a recent innovation. Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times ...

An iron-air battery that stores and releases energy through a reversible rusting process has become the first of its kind to connect with a public electricity grid. On 30 July, the Dutch start-up Ore ...

Mateo Jaramillo, the co-founder of Form Energy, is taking an unconventional approach to storing renewable energy. Lithium-ion batteries are all the rage today—we use them in computers, cell phones, ...

Clean-tech startup company Form Energy announced last week an additional $405 million in financing, allowing it to expand its newly built factory where it makes a unique type of large-scale battery ...

California is preparing to test an unconventional battery system that could provide clean power for days instead of hours, a key step toward reducing dependence on lithium-ion storage and natural gas ...

For some time now, a nanomaterial known as MXene has been touted as a faster-charging alternative to the lithium used in batteries. It could soon be an even more viable choice, as scientists have ...