A perfect storm of lithium supply shocks, manufacturing repatriation efforts, and higher clean energy ambitions have highlighted the need for energy storage alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Long ...

Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) offer a higher energy storage potential. However, issues like formation of lithium polysulfides and lithium dendrites lead to capacity loss and raise safety concerns.

Interest in long-duration energy storage (LDES) is rising rapidly as demand for clean firm capacity grows. With most LDES technologies still nascent, information about their cost is not widely ...

As the demand for efficient and sustainable energy storage solutions grows, new thermal energy storage technologies are emerging as promising alternatives to traditional lithium-ion batteries. These ...

Much of the global electrification is focusing on electric vehicles (EVs). However, another catalyst for lithium demand comes from grid-scale storage batteries. Power grids are an essential to meet ...

Thermal batteries could transform renewable energy storage and provide a cheaper and scalable alternative to lithium-ion technology. "Intermittent wind and solar power are becoming the cheapest forms ...

China just fired up a next-gen battery hub blending lithium and sodium in its latest energy leap. On Sunday, its first lithium-sodium hybrid energy storage station began operation, marking a major ...

RMIT engineers say they've tripled the energy density of cheap, rechargeable, recyclable proton flow batteries, which can now challenge commercially available lithium-ion batteries for capacity with a ...

The energy storage sector is experiencing rapid growth, driven by the increasing use and decreasing cost of lithium iron phosphate batteries, surpassing the growth rate of electric vehicle sales. The ...

Redox flow batteries have a reputation of being second best. Less energy intensive and slower to charge and discharge than their lithium-ion cousins, they fail to meet the performance requirements of ...