Lithium is expensive, environmentally questionable in large volumes, and tends to catch on fire from time to time. It's the best solution we've currently got for EV and device battery storage, but ...

A battery with a potassium cathode and anode could compete with lithium-ion. The potassium battery also self heals by combining gentle heat with high surface mobility. A metal battery in general, ...

TROY, N.Y. -- From cell phones, to solar power, to electric cars, humanity is increasingly dependent on batteries. As demand for safe, efficient, and powerful energy storage continues to rise, so too ...

Growing demand for safer and more powerful rechargeable battery technologies, across end products from smartphones to electric cars, continues to drive the need for an alternative solution to ...

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute published a study where they demonstrate that it is possible to overcome a persistent challenge known as ‘dendrites’ to create a metal battery that ...

There is an urgent need for high-energy-density rechargeable batteries to further satisfy the ever-growing demand for electrical energy storage devices. Triggering the O-related anionic redox ...

The spectacular reaction of alkali metals with water was poorly understood — despite being a staple of chemistry classes. It’s the classic piece of chemical tomfoolery: take a lump of sodium or ...

Researchers demonstrate how they can overcome a persistent challenge known as dendrites to create a metal battery that performs nearly as well as a lithium-ion battery, but relies on potassium -- a ...