Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days. A ...

Batteries are an essential technology in modern society, powering smartphones and electric vehicles, yet they face limitations such as fire explosion risks and high costs. While all-solid-state ...

A battery that charges fast, holds more energy, and stays safer under stress has become a kind of modern promise. You hear it in electric car ads, in phone launches, and in grid storage plans. Yet the ...

Solid electrolytes with high lithium-ion conductivity can be designed for millimeter-thick battery electrodes by increasing the complexity of their composite superionic crystals, report researchers ...

Rechargeable aqueous zinc-iodine batteries get a lot of attention because they are safe, do not cost much, and have a high theoretical capacity. Zinc has a high theoretical capacity (820 mAh g-1) and ...

Researchers proposed “solid dissociation,” where halide vdW materials act as solid solvents to dissolve salts, creating amorphous solid electrolytes with high ionic conductivity for solid-state ...