Lithium News

On Christmas morning many of us unwrap new toys, gadgets, and devices… but some of them come with a hidden danger. Lithium-ion batteries can start fires that spread quickly and are difficult to put out. They’re becoming more popular because they last longer than typical alkaline batteries, but they can overheat. Perrysburg Fire says the […]

Polymer-air batteries often face challenges related to stability, kinetics and conductivity. In response, Dr. Jodie Lutkenhaus has developed a method to use a polymer as an anode in these batteries. In a recent article published in Joule, Lutkenhaus, associate department head of internal engagement and chemical engineering professor at Texas A&M University, collaborated with chemical […]

In the relentless pursuit of sustainable energy solutions, sodium-ion batteries have emerged as a promising contender challenging the longstanding dominance of lithium-ion technology. The principles governing sodium-ion batteries draw inspiration from their lithium-ion counterparts, yet their unique characteristics and advantages set them apart in the evolving landscape of energy storage. Sodium-ion batteries operate on the […]

After a brief hiatus, lithium-ion battery prices are back to their regularly scheduled nosedive. Throughout the 2010s, batteries got cheaper and cheaper, cheering the businesses and climate activists that want to convert vehicles to electric and bolster renewable power plants with flexible energy storage. That march of progress slipped on the banana peel of Covid […]

Pure-play lithium company Surge Battery Metals (TSXV: NILI) announced Thursday it closed both the Wilkins Family and Y3-II agreements to secure control of over 25% of the mineral rights for the private lands within its flagship claystone project located in Elko County, Nevada. The private lands are comprised of four parcels totalling 880 acres. The […]

A sudden jump in the share prices of Chinese lithium producers is spurring optimism that a rout in the electric vehicle battery metal may be coming to an end. China’s two biggest producers — Tianqi Lithium Corp. and Ganfeng Lithium Group Co. — closed up 6.5% and 7%, respectively, in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The […]

Chile’s state-owned Enami will be in a position to choose a partner for a sprawling lithium project by mid next year, saying a plunge in prices of the battery metal hasn’t damped the interest of prospective investors. The ore-processing company is one of two entities assigned to represent the state under President Gabriel Boric’s new public-private model […]

What if you could charge your electric vehicle in the same amount of time it takes to fill a tank of gas? In a new paper published in Joule, researchers from McGill University and the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) announced the development of a novel method that enables researchers to peer inside Li-ion […]

Used lithium-ion batteries from cell phones, laptops and a growing number of electric vehicles are piling up, but options for recycling them remain limited primarily to burning or chemically dissolving shredded batteries. The current state-of-the-art methods can pose environmental challenges and be difficult to make economically at the industrial scale. The conventional process recovers a […]

Shaped like white Lego bricks the size of a baby blue whale, 44 Tesla Megapacks began to fill with electricity Friday morning on a triangular lot behind M.Special in Goleta. The bank of batteries will hold 160 megawatt-hours of power when full, enough to power 30,000 homes for about four hours. It’s the first project […]