Designing safe, cheap batteries for grid level storage
Summer Scholar Victoria Yao experiments with water-based, flow-driven battery concept in Brushett Lab.
In batteries, a metal reveals its dual personality
Branchlike deposits grow on lithium electrode surfaces in two ways, one much more damaging.
Doubling battery power of consumer electronics
New lithium metal batteries could make smartphones, drones, and electric cars last twice as long.
Analyzing lithium ion battery fatigue
Summer Scholar Erica Eggleton joins Van Vliet Lab to make and test lithium manganese oxide electrodes.
New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency, longevity
New chemistry could overcome key drawbacks of lithium-air batteries.
Team led by MIT engineers places second at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Motorcycle completes 12.5 miles, 156 turns for a second-place finish in the race's Electric Bike Division.
New concept turns battery technology upside-down
Pump-free design for flow battery could offer advantages in cost and simplicity.
Solar energy from discarded car batteries
An MIT development could benefit both the environment and human health.
Jay Whitacre wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention of a revolutionary battery
First mass-produced, low-cost, eco-friendly battery has the potential to transition the world toward a more sustainable energy future.
Going solid-state could make batteries safer and longer-lasting
New research paves the way for rechargeable batteries with almost indefinite lifetimes, researchers say.
“Yolks” and “shells” improve rechargeable batteries
Aluminum could give a big boost to capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries.
New manufacturing approach slices lithium-ion battery cost in half
Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability.
De-stressing lithium batteries
Modeling mechanical stress in solid-state lithium batteries yields insights into battery microstructure for MIT postdoc Giovanna Bucci.
Faculty highlight: W. Craig Carter
Materials science professor develops algorithms to solve problems across disciplines, strengthens online teaching techniques, and contributes to scientific art.
Fostering U.S.-Russia energy innovation
Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage brings together researchers from MIT and two Russian institutes to develop advanced batteries and fuel cells.