Tag Archives: battery research

Energy is something that we all need and most of us depend upon electricity. We also need to store this electrical energy so that we can use it when and where we need it. We have become accustomed to mobile…READ MORE >

It’s one of the paradoxes of the energy transition: while, on the one hand, green energy solutions provide an answer to the escalating climate crisis, these innovations often create new environmental challenges of their own.

It’s a typical Monday morning in 2040. You wake up, turn on the light – linked to your city’s renewable battery-powered grid, of course – grab your smartphone, and continue browsing cheap electric-motorized flight deals for your next holiday. Because…READ MORE >

X-ray diffraction (XRD) is the only laboratory technique that reveals structural information, such as chemical composition, crystal structure, crystallite size, strain, preferred orientation and layer thickness. Materials researchers, therefore, use XRD to analyze a wide range of materials, from powder…READ MORE >

Behind every historically game-changing invention, there’s a story few of us ever get to hear. It’s the tale of back-breaking research and development, of years of methodical testing, and of gradual, inch-by-inch improvement, with a few noble failures thrown in…READ MORE >

What a difference a decade makes. By the end of the 2010s, battery technology had evolved from powering small, low-risk consumer devices such as smartphones to becoming integral components in vehicles and energy grids around the world. Falling prices of…READ MORE >

Oftentimes, a simple underlying solution can unleash a tidal wave of change. Breakthroughs in steam power in the late 1700s sparked a global industrial revolution delivered on the backs of steam trains and ships, before crude oil greased the wheels…READ MORE >