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.
Lithium-ion batteries
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.
The battery of the future: Solid-state or liquid?
German researchers have succeeded in gaining a more precise understanding of processes in solid-state batteries which have lithium as the negative terminal and copper sulfide as the positive terminal.
Much needs to be done before we have the battery of the future
Every week we provide a follow-up to our best read stories. This week we are taking a look at what the battery of the future will be like.
Dutch government invests millions in revolutionary Brabant solid-state battery
The development of a revolutionary lithium-ion battery with a high capacity and fast charging time is a step closer thanks to financial support from the […]
Ultra-fast charging and clean proton battery one step closer
Researchers from Sweden’s Uppsala University have taken a big step forward towards the development of the proton battery: Their fully biological proton battery not only […]
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 […]
Akiro Yoshino one of the three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In June 2019, I had the opportunity to interview Akiro Yoshino, the father of the lithium-ion battery, on the fringes of the 2019 European Inventor […]
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 […]
This is how it works: Green Electricity Can be Stored Temporarily at a Profit
According to Federal Environment Agency statistics, a total of 428 terawatt hours (1 TWh corresponds to 1 billion kilowatt hours) were provided from renewable energies […]