Making renewable power more viable for the grid
“Air-breathing” battery can store electricity for months, for about a fifth the cost of current technologies.
“Air-breathing” battery can store electricity for months, for about a fifth the cost of current technologies.
MIT affiliates recognized for their innovative approaches to energy storage and drug discovery.
Study explains conflicting results from other experiments, may lead to batteries with more energy per pound.
Startup’s gas-electric engines may pave way for package delivery and human flight.
Smooth surfaces may prevent harmful deposits from working their way into a solid electrolyte.
Award presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry in the spirit of, and in honor of, Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling.
Startup’s novel aluminum batteries increase the range of UUVs tenfold.
Mechanical actuators developed by MIT team expand and contract as they let oxygen in and out.
Brittle electrodes handle expansion by going glassy, study shows.
With support from the Toyota Research Institute, MIT faculty will focus on next-generation energy storage.
MIT, Carnegie Mellon researchers explore “self-healing” batteries with new metal-halide solid electrolyte material.
Inexpensive, reliable, and forgettable storage systems could enable boom in renewables, say speakers at MIT Energy Conference.
MIT's newest faculty bring a wide array of energy interests and developments to the Institute.
Researchers investigate mechanics of lithium sulfides, which show promise as solid electrolytes.
Industry speakers and MIT faculty offer solutions to problems ranging from small portable devices to large fixed installations.