Metals Tech

Battery manufacturer bringing hundreds of high-paying jobs to North Carolina A company known for the science behind products giving peak performance, especially batteries, plans to build a lithium-ion manufacturing plant in North Carolina. The news dropped Tuesday, that Colorado-based Forge Nano Inc. is opening the manufacturing plant in Morrisville and bringing hundreds of high-paying jobs. […]

As the world turns to greener power sources, it also needs to figure out how to store energy for times when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow. One leading contender, the hydrogen fuel cell, just got a big boost, thanks to fundamental research stemming from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, […]

When it comes to making batteries that last longer, a team of researchers including engineers at Brown University and Idaho National Laboratory believes the key might be in how things get clean—specifically how soap works in this process. Take handwashing, for instance. When someone washes their hands with soap, the soap forms structures called micelles […]

Most of us understand that electrical engineering and mechanical engineering play a key role in running our washing machines or  our computers. But did you know that more than 80 percent of the products we use every day, such as fertilizers, cosmetics, fragrances, rubber and more, require some sort of chemical catalyst while being manufactured? […]

A significant breakthrough in developing a passive radiative cooling (PRC) material has been announced by researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). The findings have been published in the journal Science in a paper titled “Hierarchically structured passive radiative cooling ceramic with high solar reflectivity.” The material, known as cooling ceramic, has achieved high-performance […]

From Wi-Fi-connected home security systems to smart toilets, the so-called Internet of Things brings personalization and convenience to devices that help run homes. But with that comes tangled electrical cords or batteries that need to be replaced. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Energy Materials have brought solar panel technology indoors to power smart devices. […]

A cost-effective new way of recovering metals directly from lithium-ion battery waste could significantly reduce the environmental impact of these ubiquitous devices while cutting the time required to recycle them almost 100-fold. Developed by scientists at Rice University in the US, the technique is known as flash Joule heating, and it has already been used […]

Redwood Materials has recycled e-bike batteries and Tesla batteries. Now, it’s ready to level up a few sizes. The electric vehicle battery recycling and manufacturing venture founded by the former chief technologist of Tesla announced today that it will help decommission and recycle a 4MWh stationary storage substation in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of a […]

Urban legends. Who knows how they start? One day you wake up to find everybody and their grandmother is saying if you use DC fast charging to put electrons back into the battery of your electric car on a regular basis, your battery will degrade faster and lead to an expensive battery replacement. It’s something […]

Researchers make significant advancements in lithium-metal-chloride solid-state electrolytes. Researchers, led by Professor Kang Kisuk of the Center for Nanoparticle Research within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have announced a major breakthrough in next-generation solid-state batteries. They have discovered a new chloride-based solid electrolyte with exceptional ionic conductivity, which is anticipated to enable the development of more […]