Fortum claims breakthrough in recycling lithium-ion batteries
The Finnish energy group wants to create a recycling cluster for batteries used in electric cars in Harjavalta.
The Finnish energy group wants to create a recycling cluster for batteries used in electric cars in Harjavalta.
To ensure safe, high-performance batteries from environmentally friendly resources, lithium must be replaced by sodium. Swiss scientists have found a chemical solution for this.
A world without lithium is inconceivable in the 21st century. Mobile phones, electric cars, data storage. Lithium is essential for those batteries that power these […]
Australian and German researchers have applied for a patent for a new type of lithium-sulfur battery that is much lighter, cleaner and more powerful than […]
Lithium is currently used in the glass industry, lubricants, and also in the pharmaceutical industry. Due to its relatively high energy density, however, lithium is […]
Update: After winning the European Inventor Award 2019 in the non-European country category, Akira Yoshino has received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Akira Yoshino has […]
Scientists of the Research Centre Jülich and the Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster developed a new solid-state battery. Its speciality: It has an anode made of […]
Dr. Johannes Wandt has just received the German Study Prize for his doctoral thesis and research on lithium-ion batteries. He talked to Innovation Origins about […]
U.S. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kammen is calling for a worldwide end to the subsidization of oil and gas companies.
Scientists have found a new method to selectively 'fish' salts such as phosphorus and potassium out of water.
Our weekly 'Follow-up' offers a sequel to the best-read article of that week. Today, a look back on our best-read stories of 2020.
Each week in this section we give a follow-up to some of our best read stories. IO columnist Jan Wouters is predicting a second electric revolution. How far along is the solid-state battery?
Drawing on the four editorial themes of sustainability, mobility, health and digital, the editors of Innovation Origins look back on 2020 with a summary of the most noteworthy news stories.
Next year, Toyota will launch the prototype of a battery on the market which, according to our columnist Jan Wouters, will lead to the second electric revolution.
Based on the four editorial themes of sustainability, mobility, health and digital, the editors of Innovation Origins look back on 2020 with a summary of the most striking messages.
Together with its partners, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany is developing a new kind of hybrid storage system consisting of a combination of lithium-ion and redox flow battery.
A scientist at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken in Germany is researching how lithium, a valuable raw material for electromobility, can be extracted from mine water.
The Eindhoven CORE student team from the Netherlands has proven with its oven that it is possible to recycle electronic devices in their entirety.
Each week we follow up on our best read stories here. This week: A smart hydrogen tank for all the energy needs in the home is not likely to happen anytime soon. But what are the alternatives?
The Dutch company SALD expects to be able to provide batteries with an ultra-thin layer that makes batteries three times more powerful by 2022 or 2023 at the earliest.