To make electric vehicles more practical and attractive to consumers, lithium-ion batteries need some improvements. Mainly, they need to hold much more energy per weight to allow vehicles to go longer ...

A group of researchers led by the Wuhan University of Technology fabricated a carbon-based perovskite solar cell that uses a playdough-like graphite (PG) putty as an electrode. “The playdough-like ...

Researchers in the United States have developed thick electrodes with higher energy density that can reportedly help achieve a much longer driving range in EVs. Developed by researchers at Penn State ...

The outlook for the graphite market is promising due to its usage in the battery industry and energy storage applications, as well as steel-making. With China dominating the natural graphite market, ...

Electrodes are the veins of batteries, responsible for harnessing and transporting the lifeblood of energy storage devices: electricity. Battery power and efficiency largely hinge on the performance ...

One of the fundamental properties for optimizing battery cell performance is battery electrode porosity or void fraction. It is also important for evaluating the quality of cells. Understanding ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian manufacturers of graphite electrodes used in electric arc furnaces are booming on the back of China's pollution crackdown, but soaring prices have set the companies on a ...