Microwave-based method to upcycle old lithium-ion cathodesInstead of letting old lithium-ion batteries pile up as waste, ...

If the EV momentum is to be kept up so that America can truly buck our century-old oil addiction, we'll need new, bigger supplies of battery materials than we've ever seen before. And, on the flip ...

Title image: Michael Toney and team tested Li-ion battery coin cells for capacity loss over time. (Credit: Jesse Peterson/CU Boulder) Batteries lose capacity over time, which is why older cellphones ...

Tesla has started building Model Y battery packs with its in-house 4680 cells again, more than two years after pulling the plug on the original 4680-equipped Model Y to prioritize Cybertruck ...

Tesla has been working on its dry cathode technology for years, even running into development issues. Now, those development efforts appear to be materializing. The Cybertruck equipped with dry ...

Tesla confirmed the rumors that it cracked the dry battery electrode (DBE) manufacturing process, paving the way for much cheaper cells. The EV maker built a Cybertruck prototype using dry cathode ...

Battery electrode materials need to do a lot of things well. They need to be conductors to get charges to and from the ions that shuttle between the electrodes. They also need to have an open ...

At the same time, demand for batteries has never been greater. 30% of cars sold in 2026 are expected to be electric vehicles (EVs) which rely on them for power. Last year American homes and businesses ...

The lifespan of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and the related capacity fade are primarily influenced by the degradation of electrodes due to the deactivation of active materials. Studying this ...

Panasonic, the Japanese manufacturing giant, says it is working on a new battery cell that can add 90 miles of range to the Tesla Model Y – pushing it to over 450 miles (725 km). Of course, it could ...

Critical Resources has ‘printed’ a key solid-state battery component in a single, dry step, a manufacturing breakthrough that could slash production costs and complexity.

Anode-free lithium-metal batteries (AFLMBs) are assembled without active anode material and combine high energy density (~500 Wh kg −1) with simplified manufacturing. However, the influence of ...