Hard carbon materials have emerged as the leading anode choice for sodium-ion batteries owing to their low cost, structural tunability and ability to accommodate the larger sodium ion. Unlike graphite ...

Lithium-ion batteries are the most popular secondary batteries for these applications, and silicon is widely regarded as the best anode material for lithium-ion batteries, particularly solid-state ...

With the global economy growing rapidly, energy demand keeps rising, and massive fossil fuel combustion causes severe environmental issues like the greenhouse effect. This has pushed countries such as ...

Researchers at KAIST have achieved a significant extension of battery life purely through the design of the electrode surface. Schematic of an ultrathin artificial polymer layer (15 nm thick) ...