Scientists at the University of Central Florida studying alternative lithium battery designs have come up with a modification to one they say could lead to great performance gains for these devices.

PULLMAN — To anyone frustrated by the maddeningly short time their cellphone battery holds a charge, help is on the way. Washington State University materials engineering professor Grant Norton is ...

This study is led by Prof Zhonghua Zhang (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University). Relatively arduous alloying reaction and sluggish diffusion kinetics of Sn-based anodes ...

A team of material researchers has succeeded in producing a composite material that is particularly suited for electrodes in lithium batteries. The nanocomposite material might help to significantly ...

One of the main obstacles to effective renewable energy storage and large carbon emission reductions is battery capacity. In a lithium-ion battery (LIB), Tin (Sn) and Sn-mixture alloys could be used ...

A U.S. Navy research team has discovered an alloy for making better, cheaper underwater anodes with the potential for shifting the global business of maintaining ships and piers. A patent application ...