When it comes to storing energy, the main methods are rather consistent. The most common one is in the form of leveraging a ...

A Rice University research team has unveiled a rapid, acid-free method to recover lithium and transition metals from spent lithium-ion batteries. The two-step flash Joule heating chlorination and ...

A new machine learning method has slashed battery testing times -- a key barrier to longer-lasting, faster-charging batteries for electric vehicles -- by nearly fifteenfold. Battery performance can ...

The life of lithium-ion batteries is both a bane and blessing of modern-day living, as many people depend on it each day to power devices such as mobile phones, laptops, and hybrid and electric cars.