Anode-free sodium metal batteries (AFSMBs) are promising next-generation energy storage systems due to their high energy density and low cost. Unlike traditional designs that include a hard carbon or ...

Robert Lane is the CEO and Co-founder of Manaflex, a global innovator of circuitry solutions for EV, energy and other industry sectors. As the electric vehicle (EV) market accelerates, optimizing ...

Design and Impact of Ultralight Copper Current Collectors. A schematic of the fabrication process for ultralight and ultrathin copper current collectors using a polyethylene (PE) scaffold and ...

IN THEir QUEST to build a better battery, researchers have blazed a trail through the elements of the periodic table. The earliest prototype cells ran on nickel and cadmium; successors have used ...

London-based Addionics has raised $39mn in funding as it eyes commercialisation of its 3D ‘current collectors’ that can boost the performance of any battery, regardless of its chemistry. The venture ...

Researchers report that MXene current collectors perform as well as the copper foils being used in current lithium-ion batteries, but they are 3-4 times thinner and about 10 times lighter. (Nanowerk ...