The worldwide push for sustainability requires better, more durable batteries to support renewable energy systems and ubiquitous electronic devices.

These days, batteries are found in just about every electronic device you could imagine. From phones to lawn mowers to cars, the items that make life in the modern world happen to do so with a battery ...

Researchers at Fujian Normal University in China have developed a dual salt-based quasi-solid polymer electrolyte (DS-QSPE) that can make sodium-sulfur (Na-S) batteries a feasible solution for our ...

The rising demand for lithium and environmental concerns are driving the search for alternative battery technologies. Sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, solid-state, and silicon anode batteries are emerging ...

Sodium-ion batteries charge faster than lithium, offering a promising alternative for future smartphones, new research shows.

Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage are moving toward the mainstream. Wider use of these batteries could lead to lower costs, less fire risk, and less need for lithium, ...

A new class of solid-state sodium-ion batteries could reshape the future of electric vehicles and renewable energy storage ...

An E10X sodium-ion-powered microcar in yellow. E10X, a microcar made by the Chinese firm JAC Yiwei, a joint venture between JAC and Volkswagen, is one of the first mass-produced vehicles to be powered ...

China’s breakthrough sodium-ion battery — priced at $10/kWh (Bloomberg NEF, 2025) — is a technical marvel. It’s a direct challenge to America’s lithium-dependent auto industry. For context, today’s ...

Even with current limitations, practical Li–S pouch cells already demonstrate ~700 Wh/kg — almost three times the energy ...

Scientists discovered that keeping water in sodium vanadate hydrate doubles a sodium battery’s charge capacity and stability. The same technology can also remove salt from seawater, creating potential ...

Discover how recent breakthroughs in lithium-sulfur batteries could potentially change the future of energy storage. This ...