New materials improve oxygen catalysis
Highly active catalysts could be key to improved energy storage in fuel cells and advanced batteries.
Highly active catalysts could be key to improved energy storage in fuel cells and advanced batteries.
Professor Yang Shao-Horn works at the cutting edge of basic energy science research
Laboratory crash tests show both vulnerabilities and ways to improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles.
Imaging reveals what happens during charging; could lead to improved batteries for electric cars.
For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential — a natural battery — deep in the inner ear.
Fundamental reactions behind advanced battery technology, revealed in detail by advanced imaging method, could lead to improved materials.
Donald Sadoway’s radical rethinking of electricity storage could revitalize renewable-power technologies.
MIT team uncovers a reason why the hottest new material for rechargeable batteries works so well.
Exhaustive reference system and interactive toolkit could revolutionize materials research, potentially enabling new types of manufacturing.
New catalyst, made of inexpensive and abundant materials, could prove useful in rechargeable batteries and hydrogen-fuel production.
New understanding of high-performing cathode compound could facilitate rapid evaluation of improved alternatives.