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Green Batteries for EVs and Phones May Use Iron as The Key to Better, Cheaper Lithium-ion Options
Cheaper and greener batteries for electric cars and mobile phones could use our common element iron, rather than scarce, expensive ones, shows new research.
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Pyrite May Be Known as Fool’s Gold, but It Actually Contains a Kind of Green Gold: Lithium
Appalachian mining country seems an unlikely place to find a potential breakthrough in renewable energy, but samples of mine tailings in West Virginia have...
Foundry Closing Devastated Tennessee Town but New Lithium Plant Brings Hope, Thanks to 2021 Infrastructure Bill
A Tennessee manufacturing town could be in for a revitalization after a shuttered iron foundry is poised to be replaced with a lithium mine,...
Solid State EV Batteries Overcome Safety, Climate Concerns of Lithium-ion While Charging Faster and Lasting Longer
Solid-state batteries have emerged as a promising advancement that could potentially revolutionize the electric vehicle industry, making EVs even cleaner and more sustainable than...
Breakthrough in Recycling EV Batteries Can Recover 100% of Aluminum and 98% of Lithium Thanks to Swedish Scientists
Swedish researchers say they have developed a new method of recycling batteries from electric vehicles that allows recovery of 100 percent of the aluminum...
NASA May Have Just Cracked the Code for Replacing Lithium in Batteries: ‘Double or even triple the energy’
Along with routinely launching robots across the final frontier, NASA is also involved in sustainable aviation research, and this division may have cracked the...
Lithium Discovery in Crater in Nevada Could Be Biggest Deposit Ever Found
If even half of the lithium that's estimated to exist in the McDermitt caldera is mined, it would change the world. Full stop.
Early this...
World’s Known Lithium Reserves Up 40% After Colossal Discovery in India Turns Up 5.9 Million Tons
In a stunning development for the future of technology, India, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, just uncovered vast reserves of lithium in the...
As the World Runs on Lithium, Researchers Develop Clean Method to Get It From Water
Centuries ago, alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Today, the prospect of coaxing valuable materials from abundant resources guides scientists who have...
Scientists at Stanford Revitalize Batteries By Bringing ‘Dead’ Lithium Back to Life
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries,...
New Technology is Recycling Tons of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Canada and the U.S.
From smartphones to laptops and EVs, lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. Now a new company breaks batteries down and extracts around 95% of the valuable...
Long-lasting Solid-state Lithium Battery From Harvard May Solve a 40-year Problem
Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today’s lithium-ion batteries fall short of what’s needed — they’re...
To Replace Lithium Batteries For Grid Storage ‘Gravitricity’ Uses Gravity
A company that uses gravity to create a 'giant battery' has just completed a successful test in Scotland, paving the way for its commercial-scale...
Scientists Develop New Material to Make Lithium Ion Batteries Self-Healing and Easily Recyclable
Since the material can simply dissolve in water at room temperature, the researchers say it is particularly energy-efficient and eco-friendly.
New Lithium Ion Battery Design Allows Electric Vehicles to Be Charged in Just 10 Minutes
The design allows EVs to be recharged for a range of 200 to 300 miles—and the battery can be recharged more than 2,500 times.
First Fully Rechargeable Carbon Dioxide Battery is Seven Times More Efficient Than Lithium Ion
Researchers were able to successfully recharge the battery more than 500 times—and it is seven times more efficient than lithium ion counterparts.
Plant Root Used to Create Eco-friendly Lithium-ion Battery
Researchers have found an eco-friendly alternative to the metal ores currently favored in the electrodes of lithium-ion batteries.
The new non-toxic and sustainable battery uses...
US Government, 14 Firms Team up on Lithium Battery
Aiming to mass-produce a lithium battery for vehicles, 14 U.S. companies with expertise in batteries and advanced materials have formed an alliance with a...
This Innovation Could Extend Little-Used Zinc Battery Lifespan Hundreds of Times to Create Battery Revolution
German scientists have found a way to extend the lifespan of zinc-ion batteries more than 100-fold, allowing the fringe battery technology to potentially replace...
Rock Formation Deep in Australian Outback Holds New Clues to Climate Change Now That its True Age is Known
An unusual rock formation deep in the Australian outback could hold key clues to future climate change, now that it has finally been dated...