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CareersThe science behind Formula E
DS Virgin Racing opens its doors to reveal the world of battery-powered motorsport
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Research
Promising high energy lithium battery ditches pure oxygen for air
Components work together to minimise side reactions in air, extending the battery’s cycle life
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Business
Battery builders get the cobalt blues
Demand for battery metals surges on the back of a global appetite for electric vehicles
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Research
From cement to batteries with help from a wombat
Vanessa Peterson is in the fast lane when it comes to relating atomic-scale structures to a material’s function
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Research
Batteries made safer with fire-extinguishing electrolytes
Non-flammable salts form a stabilising layer over anodes of lithium-ion batteries
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Research
Energy storage from the butt end
Used cigarettes converted into efficient hydrogen storage material
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Research
Carbon nanospheres power up potassium batteries
Improved synthesis of hollow carbon nanospheres sees them used in novel battery
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Research
Batteries reveal all after dip in hot butter
High resolution images aided by solidified fat could help design batteries that charge and discharge quicker
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Opinion
Recharging the UK's battery industry
The £246 million Faraday Challenge is welcome – but it’s not enough
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Opinion
Electric avenue
Western carmakers need to seize the initiative on cleaner vehicles or risk being left behind
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Research
Energy storage prices forecast to tumble
First broad ‘evidence-based’ comparison shows similar capital cost evolution among technologies including lithium-ion and flow batteries
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Research
Spongy metal energises lithium–oxygen batteries
An ultra-light nickel cathode boosts performance and lifetime of promising battery technology
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Research
Carbon nanofibre offers new spin on catalysts
Electrospinning carbon nanofibre into an electrocatalyst paves the way to flexible energy storage devices
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Research
Bromide makes the potential difference to flow battery chemistry
A twist on redox flow battery chemistry affords record performance
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Opinion
Why patents will shape the future of battery science
Chemical innovations could lead to new approaches to intellectual property
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Research
Buy one get one free for energy storage
Researchers combine electricity storage and hydrogen production, enabling energy to be stored both short- and long-term
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Research
Fire-fighting lithium–ion battery doesn’t compromise on performance
Electrospun device can release flame retardants in the event of a battery short circuit or catastrophic damage
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News
Edible batteries offer power without toxic metals
Melanin-based batteries could lead to safer ingestible medical devices
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News
Fungi eat up old batteries and spit out metals
Lithium and cobalt can be recycled from worn out lithium-ion batteries in low energy process thanks to fungal acids
