Lithium ion batteries are common today, but for a number of environmental and economic reasons, scientists are looking for the next big battery. Calcium has potential in a number of areas, but ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

German scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in the development of calcium batteries which they claim, with further lab work, could eventually provide a cheaper, more environmentally friendly ...

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 ...

Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a prototype calcium battery with a long cycle life of more than 500 charge-discharge cycles. The battery was developed using a hydride-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zhirong Zhao-Karger (left) and Zhenyou Li (right) from the POLiS (Post Lithium Storage) Cluster of Excellence at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have produced promising ...