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A Practical Path Toward Energy-Dense Solid-State Batteries Using Activator Engineering

Conventional lithium-ion batteries are nearing their practical energy limit of about 300 Wh kg-1, while liquid electrolytes raise leakage and fire risks.

6 Nov 2026

Delaware Researchers Scale Vehicle-to-Grid Tech for Affordable 2027 Ford EV

Ford Motor Company has announced plans to implement bidirectional power in a new mid-size electric vehicle (EV) truck in 2027.

6 Nov 2026

Scalable Room-Temperature Polymerization for High-Capacity Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

Conventional lithium-ion batteries are nearing their practical energy limit of about 300 Wh kg-1, while liquid electrolytes raise leakage and fire risks. Lithium (Li) metal anodes offer a high theoretical capacity of 3,860 mAh g-1 and low potential, and lithium-rich manganese-based oxide (LRMO) cathodes can exceed 250 mAh g-1, making Li-LRMO solid-state batteries attractive. In situ polymerized quasi-solid-state gel electrolytes (QSEs) are promising, but they usually require thermal initiation above 60 °C with azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as initiator.

5 Nov 2026

New Energy Storage Consortium Integrates Super Intelligence into Battery Manufacturing

Binghamton University is a member of a new national consortium to accelerate the transition of energy storage innovations from discovery to domestic manufacturing.

2 Nov 2026

Advancing Data Center Efficiency with High Speed Micro-LED Optical Links

A collaboration between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of Engineering and the University of Notre Dame has broken the world record for optical switching speed in quantum well LEDs.

31 Oct 2026

Penn State Secures DOE Grant to Train Critical Minerals Workforce

Penn State has received a $1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a workforce pipeline for the critical minerals and materials used in batteries, magnets and other advanced technologies.

31 Oct 2026

Accelerating Battery Innovation Through the New National BattMan Manufacturing Consortium

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is joining DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) in a new national consortium aimed at accelerating the transition of energy storage innovations from discovery to domestic manufacturing.

29 Oct 2026

Addressing Growing Transformer Stresses Within the Modern National Electrical Grid System

Most people rarely consider the role transformers play in powering our homes until we hear the loud "bang" followed by widespread outages.

27 Oct 2026

Beyond the Rooftop: How Perovskite PV is Redefining Solar Applications

For decades, the expansion of solar energy has been constrained by the physical limitations of its core technology. Traditional silicon solar panels are remarkably effective, but they are also heavy, rigid, and opaque.

24 Oct 2026

New Materials Library Could Help AI Design Better Sodium-Ion Batteries

The start of a new battery materials library could pave the way for future AI models to help scientists design sodium-ion batteries that charge faster, last longer and store more energy, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

22 Oct 2026

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