“Yolks” and “shells” improve rechargeable batteries
Aluminum could give a big boost to capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries.
Aluminum could give a big boost to capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries.
Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability.
Modeling mechanical stress in solid-state lithium batteries yields insights into battery microstructure for MIT postdoc Giovanna Bucci.
Materials science professor develops algorithms to solve problems across disciplines, strengthens online teaching techniques, and contributes to scientific art.
Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage brings together researchers from MIT and two Russian institutes to develop advanced batteries and fuel cells.
Coating prevents electrical current from damaging the digestive tract after battery ingestion.
Startup’s power-conserving chip may increase smartphone battery life, save energy in cell towers.
Cheaper, longer-lasting materials could enable batteries that make wind and solar energy more competitive.
Cambridge-based MIT startup Ambri is building a novel liquid metal battery for grid-level storage to revolutionize energy in the 21st century.
Proposal could divert a dangerous waste stream while producing low-cost photovoltaics.
An exotic state of matter — a “random solid solution” — affects how ions move through battery material.
Multidisciplinary group solves mystery of how a potential battery electrode material behaves.
New MIT analysis probes charge transfer in porous battery electrodes for the first time.
New field of "strain engineering" could open up areas of materials research with many potential applications.