Lithium-ion batteries are used in all kinds of devices. While there are very few safety issues relative to the millions of batteries in use, in light of some recent lithium-ion safety issues, Kris Van Cleave at CBS Evening News took a look at their safety.
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Bis(diisopropylamino)cyclopropenium-arene Cations as High Oxidation Potential and High Stability Catholytes for Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries
Development of a new catholyte with both extremely high potential and much improved cycling stability … Read More
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Active learning accelerates redox-flow battery discovery
This article was authored by Jared Sagoff and first published by Argonne National Laboratory. By using active learning, scientists are more quickly finding suitable candidates for redox-flow batteries. When it comes time to design a new battery chemistry, scientists only can … Read More
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Impact of Frictional Interactions on Electrochemical Properties in Polymer Electrolytes
We introduce a new parameter, b+-, indicating the influence of cation-anion interactions on conductivity. When b+- = 1, which is true in the fluorinated system, only cation-anion interactions determine ionic conductivity. Read More
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A Review of Electrochemical Advances in Non-Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries
Advances in electrolytes for non-aqueous redox flow batteries and computational tools for their discovery and prediction are reviewed and explored. Read More
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Realizing high zinc reversibility in rechargeable batteries
The first comprehensive comparison of the ~20 published studies evaluating Zn metal reversibility for rechargeable batteries shows significant variability in published test methods and parameters, and poor alignment toward commercial targets for zinc metal batteries. Significance and Impact … Read More
