Research area
Energy & Climate
Energy technologies, decarbonization and environmental protection.
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Evidence date ·How preparation keeps a sulfur battery’s charge-carrying particles connected
Peer-Reviewed PaperTracked over timeResearchers report over 1,000 cycles from a sulfur battery with a redesigned cathode, but its practical energy performance remains uncertain.
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Evidence date ·How a lithium battery contact changes from disorder to crystal
PreprintTracked over timeA simulation follows lithium and a solid electrolyte from a disordered reaction layer to a mixed crystal, clarifying a possible path to better contacts.
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Evidence date ·How material placement could reshape a battery’s positive electrode
PreprintTracked over timeA simulation study finds channels trade away theoretical capacity, while layered cathodes improve material use under high current in tested designs.
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Evidence date ·How removing lithium changes sulfur bonds in a solid electrolyte
PreprintTracked over timeX-ray spectra and atomic calculations trace lithium removal and sulfur-bond changes, while a chlorine-containing electrolyte offers a stability comparison.
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Evidence date ·How a battery model follows particles as contact breaks
PreprintTracked over timeA September 2023 preprint models how stress changes lithium movement before fracture and how neighboring particles intensify interface damage.
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Evidence date ·Why the middle recipe mattered in a ceramic battery electrolyte
PreprintTracked over timeA five-recipe ceramic study found its best room-temperature ion conductivity at intermediate tantalum content, then tested the material in air for five months.
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Evidence date ·How a battery’s positive electrode can swell, open gaps and retain contact
PreprintTracked over timeA 2023 modeling preprint compares loading, electrolyte softness and stack pressure; its design guidance is not measured battery performance.
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Evidence date ·A repairable polymer is cast onto both battery electrodes
PreprintTracked over timeResearchers cast a self-healing polymer onto sulfur and lithium electrodes, reporting 6,000+ hours in lithium-only cells and 700 lithium–sulfur cycles.
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Evidence date ·How researchers narrow the search for solid-state battery coatings
PreprintTracked over timeA first-principles screen estimates how coatings stick to electrolytes and electrodes, filtering candidates for stability, reactivity and abundance.
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Evidence date ·What turbine coatings could teach us about tougher battery electrolytes
PreprintTracked over timeA 2023 preprint separates dendrite-linked cracking from interface debonding and proposes twin regions with mobile boundaries as a design route.