Lithium is expensive, environmentally questionable in large volumes, and tends to catch on fire from time to time. It's the best solution we've currently got for EV and device battery storage, but ...

A battery with a potassium cathode and anode could compete with lithium-ion. The potassium battery also self heals by combining gentle heat with high surface mobility. A metal battery in general, ...

Growing demand for safer and more powerful rechargeable battery technologies, across end products from smartphones to electric cars, continues to drive the need for an alternative solution to ...

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute published a study where they demonstrate that it is possible to overcome a persistent challenge known as ‘dendrites’ to create a metal battery that ...

Researchers demonstrate how they can overcome a persistent challenge known as dendrites to create a metal battery that performs nearly as well as a lithium-ion battery, but relies on potassium -- a ...

Scientists in China claim to have identified a special cathode material that could be utilized in more stable potassium-ion storage systems. According to the group, this new material could enable the ...