Energy Innovation Hub teams will emphasize multi-disciplinary fundamental research to address long-standing and emerging challenges for rechargeable batteries WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $125 million in funding for two Energy Innovation Hub teams to provide the scientific foundation needed to seed and accelerate next … [continued]
Researchers discover one weird trick at the end of the EV battery manufacturing process that saves time and money while extending battery life by an average of 50%.
The latest study by Mark Jacobson at Stanford finds that fire bricks can store the process heat needed by industry inexpensively.
The center at SLAC aims to bridge the gaps between discovering, manufacturing, and deploying innovative energy storage solutions
A polymer-based electrolyte made for batteries that keep working — and don’t catch fire — when heated to over 140 degrees F.
Despite their supposed focus on sustainability, there seems to be an awful lot of fossil fuel and ‘big oil’ money creeping into university’s “green” programs. The main example they give is Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability, but it’s far from the only place where these problematic conflicts of interest … [continued]
Stanford University is the recipient of a $1.1 billion endowment to fund a sustainability and climate school. John and Ann Doerr have provided the gift, which is the largest ever to a university for the establishment of a new school. The Doerr donation is an affirmation of the need for … [continued]
The race is on to build the solar-powered Evs of the future, and it looks like graphene and TMDs could get the ball rolling.
Cryo-EM snapshots of the solid-electrolyte interphase, or SEI, reveal its natural swollen state and offer a new approach to lithium-metal battery design. Originally published by the SLAC National Accelerator Lab. By Glennda Chui Lithium metal batteries could store much more charge in a given space than today’s lithium-ion batteries, and … [continued]
One of the key problems with lithium-ion batteries is that, over time, they do lose some of their battery life. This is why recycling them is so important. But what if there was a way to bring them back to life? And by this, I mean make them as good … [continued]
