Russia has occupied at least two Ukrainian lithium deposits during the war — one in Donetsk and another in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast. Kyiv still controls lithium deposits in the ...

A multi-institutional team of Chinese chemists, molecular engineers, and materials scientists has found a way to rejuvenate lithium-ion batteries after they lose their recharging ability. Their study ...

University of Leicester scientists have developed a technique for sustainably extracting valuable metals from a waste product of used batteries with a mix of water and cooking oil. The patent-pending ...

First responders must learn a new playbook to deal with blazes from lithium-ion batteries. In the fall of 2024, a trucking company in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, temporarily stored a storm ...

Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University ...

It was started by a lithium-ion battery that shouldn’t have been there. Lithium-ion batteries are proliferating, but public knowledge about how and why to properly dispose of them has not caught up — ...

UT Dallas researchers have identified the cause of LiNiO₂ battery degradation and developed a structural reinforcement method that could enable its commercial use in longer-lasting lithium-ion ...

In 2022, the Russian-language service of UN News reported that Ukraine’s deposits ... and Kruta Balka (Zaporiyia), are currently located in conflict areas. “Lithium, due to its efficient energy ...

Despite what reports might indicate – namely that demand for battery storage is dropping – the truth is that demand for batteries is still rising albeit at slower rates. London-based Rho Motion noted ...

Dec. 14, 2020 — Today, most rechargeable batteries are lithium-ion batteries, which are made from relatively scarce elements--this calls for the development of batteries using alternative materials.