New eco-friendly ferroelectric plastic ditches forever chemicals and paves way for safer, smarter electronics of the future.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for ...

While this is marked improvement over previous attempts—previous flexible battery iterations only remained stable at 1.23 volts, for example—the energy density is roughly one-tenth that of a ...

Lithium-ion batteries today are nearly ubiquitous, powering everything from cell phones to laptops. Small wonder, then, that scientists are continually trying to develop safer and more ...

The salt also played an additional role: It pulled water from the air. The usual way of getting the “hydro” part into a hydrogel is soaking the crosslinked, hydrophilic polymer in water; it ...

Rigid, bulky batteries could one day be replaced by soft, flexible ones, a new paper argues. Scientists at a Swedish university have created a new form of a soft, fluid-based battery that can be sh… ...

During the first charge cycle, lithium ions deposit on the negative current collector, creating the so-called lithium-metal anode. This approach simplifies manufacturing, reduces costs, and ...

However, the longevity and safety of lithium-metal batteries have hindered their widespread adoption. Currently, corrosive and dangerous materials are used in their production, leading to excessive ...

As the electric vehicle (EV) market accelerates, optimizing battery components, including current collectors, has become crucial for improving performance, cost-efficiency and sustainability. The ...

As wearables get smaller, and foldable devices gain popularity, they’re running into a common challenge. Their rigid components—batteries, in particular—limit how compact or flexible they can be.

But batteries will need this shape-shifting quality to be incorporated into flexible electronics, which are gaining traction for wearable health monitors. Now, researchers in ACS Energy Letters report ...