Many important technologies, from handheld phones to medical devices and transportation vehicles, rely on rechargeable ...

Solid-state lithium batteries are widely regarded as the future of safe and high-energy energy storage systems, yet their development depends critically on advanced electrolyte materials. Recent ...

Researchers have identified a key flaw in safer battery materials that limits how efficiently ...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) dominate portable electronics but fall short for electric vehicles’ energy density needs. Silicon (Si) is a promising anode candidate due to its high theoretical capacity, ...

Using a combination of simulation and experimental techniques, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Material Science and Engineering researchers have been able to identify the electric double layer ...