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A Battery Electrolyte We Could Eat
Imagine a battery electrolyte we could eat as tofu, although we won’t recommend it. Before you…
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Glue in a Battery That Binds It
The glue in a battery that binds it, is typically a polymer that holds the…
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Polymer Electrode for Water-Based Batteries
Aqueous batteries with water-based electrolytes have been around since the birth of electrical energy storage.…
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Selectively Permeable Membrane Separator
Battery separators prevent electrodes touching each other and short circuiting. However, at the same time…
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A Polymer Electrolyte For All Batteries
When David Mackanic graduated from Stanford University in December 2020, he came away with a…
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Understanding Lithium Dendrites Threads
Lithium metal batteries outperform their competition, because their anodes can store more energy. But lithium’s…
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Either Fold or Cut This Battery Keeps Delivering
Battery stability is a hot topic literally, with daily news of damaged lithium-ion batteries catching…
Battery Basics
Anode-Free Metal Batteries – Back to Basics
When Volta invented the first electro-chemical battery in 1799, he used alternating discs of zinc…
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Electrically Conducting Polymers Shuttle Fast
Polymer electrolytes in all-solid-state lithium batteries transport ions, at a rate similar to liquid ionic…
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Soft Stretchy Jelly Batteries Like Eels
Eels have long, continuous fins along their backs, that stretch from their necks all the…