Concerns about the security and sustainability of battery materials being utilized are growing. The long-term use of lithium in energy storage devices is in danger due to looming worries about ...

Renewable energy and electric cars are driving demand for batteries with denser energy storage than standard lithium-ion batteries. Ions that can carry more than one charge, such as calcium and ...

Calcium-based batteries promise to reach a high energy density at low manufacturing costs. This lab-scale technology has the potential for replacing lithium-ion technology in future energy storage ...

Forward-looking: Despite being a relatively rare element, lithium is still the king of materials when it comes to rechargeable battery technology. Calcium is 2,500 times more abundant than lithium, ...

Tohoku University researchers have managed to develop a prototype calcium metal battery. The battery is capacable of 500 cycles of repeated charge-discharge. Calcium is widely available and ...

Lithium has reigned in the battery world for decades. Researchers have tried for years to make a cheaper, more sustainable successor to lithium-ion batteries by using the element’s more common ...

Liquid batteries, developed by MIT professor Donald Sadoway, are an exciting new battery technology that allows batteries to hold large amounts of energy for up to 12 hours, and discharge it slowly ...

Shanghai scientists have developed a rechargeable calcium-based battery, which they say can offer a cheaper and more sustainable alternative to the most widely used lithium-ion cells. Made from ...

A team of bright minds at Fudan University in Shanghai, China has made a leap forward that could change how we power our world. They’ve developed a new type of battery that’s not only rechargeable but ...