Spurred by EVs and electrified aviation, global demand for lithium-ion batteries is expected to more than double its 2023 ...

Lithium-ion batteries are what make modern electric vehicles possible. This Engineering Explained video shows how they work, and how they're manufactured. The video is sponsored by LG Energy Solution, ...

Oxford researchers have found a way to visualize one of the most hidden — yet critical — components inside lithium-ion batteries. By tagging polymer binders with traceable markers, they revealed how ...

As electric vehicles roll off assembly lines, a bottleneck sits upstream: lithium refinement. Turning raw lithium into the ...

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Lithium. While it’s not quite “the Spice” of Dune, the silvery, reactive metal is an extraordinarily valuable means for storing electricity, meaning it’s a key tool for transitioning from ...

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Lithium-ion batteries have become the quiet workhorses of the energy transition, but the way they are designed and tested has ...

Global demand for lithium is climbing faster than new mines can open, raising fears that battery supply could bottleneck the clean‑energy transition. A new calcium‑ion battery reported in a ...

Lithium metal batteries promise dramatically higher energy density than today’s lithium-ion systems, yet their widespread use remains limited by unstable lithium deposition, dendrite growth, and rapid ...