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Stanford Team Develops Fireproof Solid State Electrolyte

Allison Proffitt February 7, 2020

BATTERY POWER NEWS | A team of researchers from Stanford University has developed a fireproof, ultralightweight polymer-polymer solid-state electrolyte. The solution could provide increased energy…

Nobel Laureate On The Future Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Allison Proffitt February 13, 2020

BATTERY POWER NEWS | Stanley Whittingham by no means believes that lithium ion batteries are a solved problem. The winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize…

Tubular Arrays to Solve Chemical and Mechanical Challenges of Lithium Metal Batteries

Allison Proffitt February 20, 2020

BATTERY POWER NEWS | In a Nature paper published earlier this month, Professor Ju Li, MIT, and collaborators reported that materials that possess both ionic and…

Why the LG Chem Advertisement about Lithium-ion Batteries is Irresponsible

Allison Proffitt February 28, 2020

BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | On February 3, 2020, LG Chem, a battery manufacturing giant, released an advertisement telling the public not to use (handle) lithium-ion…

How One Company Is Using AI To Build Energy Dense, Lightweight Batteries

Allison Proffitt March 18, 2020

BATTERY POWER NEWS | A company called Cuberg is working on developing lighter, safer, more energy-dense batteries, and they’re using a machine learning platform developed by Aionics Technologies to…

Global EV Sales For 2019: Maybe People Just Want Teslas

Allison Proffitt January 20, 2020

BATTERY POWER NEWS | With 2019 numbers coming in on auto sales in China and the US, the outlook for electric vehicles isn’t particularly bright.…

Passion and Process in Battery Research: Harnessing Nature’s Bounty

Allison Proffitt January 16, 2020

BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | Chunmei Ban works on materials science for battery applications. She talks with Battery Power Online about the future of solid-state batteries, what the battery market…