Press releases about breakthroughs in charging speed rarely mention how many different subsystems must work together before a driver ever notices a change at the plug. The nanoball work at MIT solved ...

Hollow carbon nanoreactors with sub-nanometer wall pores trap chlorine complexes inside lithium-chlorine battery cathodes, enabling record capacity and current density.

Luckily, there are a number of startups that are committed to making lithium-ion battery recycling mainstream.

BidItUp Auctions Worldwide will host a major six-day industrial auction offering machinery and equipment from a late-model lithium-ion battery manufacturing operation formerly used for electric ...

For the first time, scientists have observed how tiny metal "thorns" called dendrites sprout inside lithium-ion batteries, ...

This article will provide an overview on how to design a lithium-ion battery. It will look into the two major components of the battery: the cells and the electronics, and compare lithium-ion cell ...

Lithium-ion batteries are what make modern electric vehicles possible. This Engineering Explained video shows how they work, and how they're manufactured. The video is sponsored by LG Energy Solution, ...

It was 2007. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, J. K. Rowling finished her seventh and final Harry Potter novel, and the worst financial crisis since the 1930s was about to hit. It was also ...