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.
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The ideal chemical battery: with sodium and no lithium
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.
New process enables extraction of lithium in Germany
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 scientists develop lithium-sulfur battery that’s 4 times more powerful
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 prices are dropping due to “excess supply”
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 […]
Father of the lithium-ion battery wins the European Inventor Award 2019 in the non-European country category
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 […]
Solid-state battery with high energy density thanks to lithium anode
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 […]
‘Without a team, it doesn’t work’ – Johannes Wandt on his research around Lithium-air batteries
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 […]
American Nobel Prize winner: ‘Stop subsidizing oil companies’
U.S. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kammen is calling for a worldwide end to the subsidization of oil and gas companies.
Water increasingly important as a source of precious substances
Scientists have found a new method to selectively 'fish' salts such as phosphorus and potassium out of water.
Annual review: from vitamin B12 in bread to hydrogen
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.
Four issues that need to be resolved before solid-state batteries break through
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?
Plenty of techniques for a more sustainable world, but it’s about time we started using them
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.
This battery innovation marks the second electric revolution
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.
Flying cars and high-speed hyperloop travel are still in the future
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.
Innovative combined heat and power generation for off-grid energy supply
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.
Mining meets electric mobility: Mine water is turned into valuable water
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.
Your old smartphone is raw material for a new one
The Eindhoven CORE student team from the Netherlands has proven with its oven that it is possible to recycle electronic devices in their entirety.
Can we all live in an energy-neutral way?
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?
A 1000 kilometer drive is easy with this battery
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.