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Untangling a strange phenomenon that both helps and hurts lithium-ion battery performance
New research offers the first complete picture of why a promising approach of stuffing more lithium into battery cathodes leads to their failure. A better understanding of this phenomenon could be the key to smaller phone batteries and electric cars that drive farther between charges.
DOE’s Energy Storage Summit convenes at SLAC
Representatives from industry, national laboratories and the investment sector explored partnerships in energy storage innovation.
X-rays uncover a hidden property that leads to failure in a lithium-ion battery material
Experiments at SLAC and Berkeley Lab uproot long-held assumptions and will inform future battery design.
Chuntian Cao wins 2018 Klein Award for lithium-ion battery research
Using SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron SSRL, Cao improves fundamental knowledge about how a new lithium-ion battery material works, which will help enable safer, longer-lasting devices.
Stanford, SLAC Researchers Have Developed a Water-Based Battery to Store Solar and Wind Energy
SIMES scientists have developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could fill a missing piece in the nation’s energy puzzle by storing wind and solar energy for when it is needed, lessening the need to burn carbon-emitting fossil fuels.
SLAC and Stanford Open One of World's Most Advanced Facilities for Cryo-EM
The new facility provides revolutionary tools for exploring tiny biological machines, from viral particles to the interior of the cell.
First Nanoscale Look at How Lithium Ions Navigate a Molecular Maze to Reach Battery Electrode
Streamlining their journey through the electrolyte could help lithium-ion batteries charge faster.
Scientists Discover Path to Improving Game-Changing Battery Electrode
They created a comprehensive picture of how the same chemical processes that give these cathodes their high capacity are also linked to changes in atomic structure that sap performance.
Scientists Get First Close-ups of Finger-Like Growths that Trigger Battery Fires
Remarkable cryo-EM images that reveal details down to the individual atom will yield new insights into why high-energy batteries fail.
Yi Cui Named Blavatnik National Laureate
The award recognizes the Stanford/SLAC professor’s pioneering work in the fields of energy and nanomaterials science.
