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ResearchGel polymer electrolyte cuts risk of battery fires
Devices made with new electrolyte continue to operate under extreme conditions
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Opinion
Electrolytes are no longer a postscript to the battery story
Just because electrolytes are effectively inert, doesn’t mean they can’t be sophisticated
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Research
Chronic exposure to battery nanomaterial leads to resistant bacteria
Shewanella onedensis MR-1 adapts to media spiked with complex metal oxide nanoparticles
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Research
9-minute battery charging could accelerate electric vehicles’ prospects
Rapid replenishment at 60˚C adds 200 miles of range, and suppresses chemical degradation problems
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Feature
A battery technology worth its salt
With lithium-containing batteries facing constraints on many of the metals they contain, Nina Notman looks at whether its group 1 neighbour sodium can supply the answer
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Feature
The lithium pioneers
Katrina Krämer traces the full story of how lithium-ion batteries won the 2019 Nobel prize
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Opinion
Good enough at last
Neil Withers reflects on the 2019 Nobel prize in chemistry, awarded for developing lithium-ion batteries
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News
Why have lithium–ion batteries just won the chemistry Nobel prize?
The 2019 Nobel prize was awarded to pioneers of rechargeable battery tech – here’s what you need to know
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News
Chemistry Nobel prize ‘finally’ goes to developers of lithium-ion batteries
John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino rewarded for revolutionising the storage of energy and helping to usher in the microelectronics age
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News
Live blog: lithium-ion batteries take the 2019 chemistry Nobel prize
Join us for all the latest news, views and developments on this year’s top chemistry prize
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Research
New electrolyte charges efforts to achieve viable calcium batteries
Straightforward synthesis delivers compound with high oxidative stability, high ionic conductivity and good capability for long-term reversible calcium cycling
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Business
Industry delves into the digital toolbox
Chemical companies are making their plants and processes increasingly digital, data-driven and interconnected
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Research
Can organic solar cells stand the test of time?
Devices road-tested in blistering conditions equivalent to that of 37 suns
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Research
Microbes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
Sustainable method for producing proteins for human consumption made possible by clever two-stage bioprocess
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Research
Solid-state electrochemical cells convert carbon dioxide into valuable liquid fuels
Process dodges product separation challenges
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Research
Biodegradable batteries could be made from modified proteins
Coiled polypeptides modified with redox-active molecules make for eco-friendly single-use batteries
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Research
Subaquatic spiders inspire CO2 reduction catalyst
Structures that mimic the diving bell spider’s air-trapping hairs boost the catalytic activity of copper electrodes
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Research
Engineered cyanobacteria turn carbon dioxide into petrol substitute
Strategy transforms wild photosynthetic organism into a system that could reduce humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels
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Feature
Hydrogen storage gets real
As production costs fall and demand is poised to rocket, James Mitchell Crow finds the hydrogen economy is finally ready for take-off – as long as we can find ways to store it
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Research
Ultraslim solar cells retain healthy efficiency
A patterned reflector on the back of a thinned-down GaAs cell traps light in the device, keeping efficiency near 20%
