The surface area is a critical property for battery components including anodes, cathodes, and even separator materials. Surface area differences affect performance characteristics such as capacity, ...

Silicon has long been seen as a promising anode material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries because it can store much ...

The top image shows the construction of the ZnS/CuS anode and carbon fiber cathode used in the experiment. The bottom image illustrates the performance of the ZnS/CuS anode/cathode construction ...

These are attracted to the anode, where they combine to form oxygen and water molecules, as the hydrogen atoms gravitate to the cathode for collection as H2 gas. AEMs can operate under alkaline ...

We place batteries inside remote controls, toys (like the ones that light up or make sounds), wireless keyboards and mouses, wall clocks, and smoke detectors. Let’s take a look inside a single-use ...

Conventional batteries have anodes and cathodes, but a new design from the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego lacks an anode. While this has been done before, according ...

It was 2007. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, J. K. Rowling finished her seventh and final Harry Potter novel, and the worst financial crisis since the 1930s was about to hit. It was also ...