The development of the lithium-ion battery has helped enable the modern day electronics revolution, making possible everything from cellphones to laptops to electric vehicles and even grid-scale energy storage. However, those batteries have limited lifespans. Battery expert Daniel P. Abraham is looking to address that. “As your cellphone battery ages, you notice that you have to plug it in more often,” says Abraham, ECS member and scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. “Over a period of time, you are not able…
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The development of the lithium-ion battery has helped enable the modern day electronics revolution, making possible everything from cellphones to laptops to electric vehicles and even grid-scale energy storage. However, those batteries have limited lifespans. Battery expert Daniel P. Abraham is looking to address that. “As your cellphone battery ages, you notice that you have to plug it in more often,” says Abraham, ECS member and scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. “Over a period of time, you are not able...
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Lithium-ion batteries power a vast majority of the world’s portable electronics, but the magnification of recent safety incidents have some looking for new ways to keep battery-related hazards at bay. The U.S. Navy is one of those groups, with chemists in the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) unveiling a new battery, which they say is both safe and rechargeable for applications such as electric vehicles and ships. “We keep having too many catastrophic news stories of lithium-ion batteries smoking, catching…
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Like all things, batteries have a finite lifespan. As batteries get older and efficiency decreases, they enter what researchers call “capacity fade,” which occurs when the amount of charge your battery could once hold begins to decrease with repeated use. But what if researchers could reduce this capacity fade? That’s what researchers from Argonne National Laboratory are aiming to do, as demonstrated in their open access paper, “Transition Metal Dissolution, Ion Migration, Electrocatalytic Reduction and Capacity Loss in Lithium-Ion Full…
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Pennington, NJ – (March 16, 2017) – Lithium-ion batteries power a vast majority of the world’s portable electronics, from smartphones to hoverboards to wireless headphones. While lithium-ion batteries have helped shape the modern world, recent reports of electronics catching fire or exploding have many examining the battery’s safety. K.M. Abraham, Fellow of The Electrochemical Society and professor at Northeastern University, has over 40 years of experience in lithium battery research, with special emphasis on lithium-ion batteries. “It is safe to…
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Over 4,000 technical presentations by researchers from around the globe Pennington, NJ – (Sept. 14, 2016) – Three scientific societies will hold their joint scientific meeting, known as PRiME 2016, from Oct. 2-7, in Honolulu, HI. This is the largest, most significant research conference of its kind in the world, and would not be possible without the joint effort of The Electrochemical Society, The Electrochemical Society of Japan, and our newest partner, The Korean Electrochemical Society. PRiME 2016 will include...
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