A research team presented an analysis protocol to evaluate silicon cathode materials applicable to commercialized batteries. In a groundbreaking review published in Nature Energy, Professor Jaephil ...

The surface area is a critical property for battery components including anodes, cathodes, and even separator materials. Surface area differences affect performance characteristics such as capacity, ...

BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- An analysis of the materials adopted in li-ion batteries quantifies the change of cathode and anode materials used over the coming decade, with the increase of ...

X-ray Diffraction (XRD) plays a pivotal role in material characterization during the production of lithium-ion battery electrodes. For anodes, it helps analyze the degree of graphitization in graphite ...

They published their work on Jan. 10 in Energy Material Advances. “Energy storage technologies represented by rechargeable batteries are regarded as an indispensable part of the modern energy system ...

New research has identified a nanostructure that improves the anode in lithium-ion batteries. Instead of using graphite for the anode, the researchers turned to silicon: a material that stores more ...

During the oil crisis of the 1970s, a chemist at Exxon named M. Stanley Whittingham, working on a new type of rechargeable battery, discovered that lithium ions could slip inside the gaps in a layered ...

Cathodes play a dominant role in defining cell energy density, and also make up a significant proportion of cell costs, due to the use of high-cost metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium. Standard ...