A research team has identified a previously unknown degradation mechanism that occurs during the use of lithium-ion batteries ...

At first, the battery in your phone or electric car works just fine. It charges, discharges, and recharges with smooth ...

Imagine never charging your phone again or having a pacemaker that lasts a lifetime. Scientists are developing tiny nuclear ...

Sometimes cell phones die sooner than expected or electric vehicles don't have enough charge to reach their destination. The ...

Scientists have developed a prototype nuclear battery using radiocarbon that could power small devices for decades without ...

Li–CO2 batteries are considered promising energy storage systems in extreme environments such as Mars; however, severe ...

The same advice suggests not letting your phone run down below 30 percent, as this can also harm battery longevity. However, ...

Inlyte has also demonstrated its cells managing over 700 cycles with no loss in energy capacity, and claims a battery life of at least 7,000 cycles, or 20 years. That could give lithium-ion-based ...

Every battery is made up of a cathode (positive electrode), an anode ... Newer flagship smartphones already ship with an alternative to Li-ion in the form of silicon-carbon batteries, although ...