Lithium News

The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power your cellphone, laptop, and other gadgets use liquid or gel electrolytes. Scientists want to replace these batteries with rechargeable solid-state lithium batteries, but why? This is because solid-state batteries are stable, have a higher energy density, and are much safer since they are not flammable like conventional Li-ion batteries. […]

Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have recently developed a new generation of solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) for lithium-metal batteries (LMBs), that can greatly improve safety and performance. This discovery can help advance the development of energy storage technologies for battery applications like electric vehicles, portable […]

Serbia, the European Union and Germany inked on Friday a series of deals granting EU members and some of the continent’s most important carmakers exclusive access to Serbian lithium. The agreements, covering sustainable raw materials and battery supply chains, come only a week after Serbia’s top court ruled that Belgrade’s decision to revoke Rio Tinto’s […]

When you think of a battery, you probably don’t think of stretchy material. But batteries will need this shape-shifting quality to be incorporated into flexible electronics, which are gaining traction for wearable health monitors. Now, researchers in ACS Energy Letters report a lithium-ion battery with entirely stretchable components, including an electrolyte layer that can expand […]

Serbia’s government on Tuesday said operations can restart at a disputed lithium mining project, days after a top court ruling overturned a 2022 cancellation of its permits. The future of the vast mineral deposits, to be mined by Rio Tinto near the western Serbian city of Loznica, has been a perennial political fault line in […]

Battery-material giant Ganfeng Lithium Group Co. said it would set up a derivatives-trading desk, in a sign the industry is seeking to hedge against risks after a period of extreme volatility and geopolitical tensions. Derivatives will be used to lower the risks of cross-border investments and to enhance financial stability, the Chinese producer said in […]

Portugal’s government is finalising a strategic plan to explore for raw materials critical to the green transition, where copper could take on a more important role than lithium, the environment and energy minister said on Monday. Maria da Graca Carvalho said Portugal “fortunately has many critical raw materials for the green transition, such as copper, […]

A recent study has shown that a groundbreaking electrolyte solution, identified through a bioscience technique, has quadrupled the cycle life of batteries used in electric aircraft. When it comes to figuring out why electric aircraft batteries lose power over time, one typically wouldn’t think to turn to a decades-old approach biologists use to study the […]

In the quest for electrification and cleaner energy sources, all eyes are on lithium, a.k.a. white gold, and how the market strives with battery prices continuing to fall. According to BloombergNEF, the dramatic lithium price dropping trend will persist for several years, making battery technology economically viable for global decarbonization efforts. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence echoes this sentiment, […]

Big Oil is quietly investing in the renewable revolution – not through solar and wind power, but through lithium. The ‘white gold’ is an essential ingredient in a laundry list of clean energy technology components, most notably the lithium-ion batteries used in electrical vehicles and for short-term energy storage – an essential stop-gap for variable […]