Li-Ion batteries may power all the portable devices on Earth, not to mention the electric vehicles, houses, and energy storage facilities. Nevertheless, scientists are always on the lookout for new ...

Researchers at Fujian Normal University in China have developed a dual salt-based quasi-solid polymer electrolyte (DS-QSPE) that can make sodium-sulfur (Na-S) batteries a feasible solution for our ...

Thought LeadersBin-Wei Zhang / Dr. Shenlong ZhaoAssociate Professor / ARC DECRA FellowChongqing University / University of Sydney AZoM speaks with Dr. Shenlong Zhao and Bin-Wei Zhang about their new ...

Researchers have created a new type of battery that holds four times the amount of energy as conventional lithium-ion batteries, at a fraction of the cost. Using a new technique to build ...

Scientists at the University of Houston are confident of overcoming one of the biggest problems preventing solid-state batteries from becoming widespread. Their homogeneous glassy electrolyte paves ...

BASF Stationary Energy Storage, a subsidiary of chemical company BASF, and Japanese ceramics manufacturer NGK Insulators have launched a new version of their sodium-sulfur (NAS) batteries. The ...

Chinese engineers have built a new type of sodium-and-sulphur battery they say can be a safer and cheaper alternative to lithium cells. An ever-increasing number of electronics use lithium as the key ...

The global sodium sulfur battery market is propelled by a wide range of factors such as rise in environmental awareness, rapid economic growth, technological advancements, and public policies. Rapid ...

A sodium-sulfur battery created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin solves one of the biggest hurdles that has held back the technology as a commercially viable alternative to the ...

An international research team has fabricated a room-temperature sodium-sulfur (Na-S) battery to provide a high-performing solution for large renewable energy storage systems. Sodium-sulfur batteries ...

This paper reviews the current status of work on the sodium-sulfur battery with emphasis on the ceramic electrolyte and container and electrode materials for the sulfur electrode. In. addition, test ...

A sodium-sulfur battery solves one of the biggest hurdles that has held back the technology as a commercially viable alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion batteries that power everything from ...