Lithium ion batteries are common today, but for a number of environmental and economic reasons, scientists are looking for the next big battery. Calcium has potential in a number of areas, but ...

Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a prototype calcium battery with a long cycle life of more than 500 charge-discharge cycles. The battery was developed using a hydride-based ...

Tohoku University researchers have managed to develop a prototype calcium metal battery. The battery is capacable of 500 cycles of repeated charge-discharge. Calcium is widely available and ...

Renewable energy and electric cars are driving demand for batteries with denser energy storage than standard lithium-ion batteries. Ions that can carry more than one charge, such as calcium and ...

Forward-looking: Despite being a relatively rare element, lithium is still the king of materials when it comes to rechargeable battery technology. Calcium is 2,500 times more abundant than lithium, ...

Against a backdrop of soaring prices and predicted shortfalls of lithium-ion battery materials, the search for inexpensive, abundant, safe, and sustainable battery chemistries has never been more ...

Concerns about the security and sustainability of battery materials being utilized are growing. The long-term use of lithium in energy storage devices is in danger due to looming worries about ...

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working on developing what they hope will be a greener, more efficient, and less expensive energy storage alternative to lithium batteries.

A team of bright minds at Fudan University in Shanghai, China has made a leap forward that could change how we power our world. They’ve developed a new type of battery that’s not only rechargeable but ...

Liquid batteries, developed by MIT professor Donald Sadoway, are an exciting new battery technology that allows batteries to hold large amounts of energy for up to 12 hours, and discharge it slowly ...

A tiny tweak in chemistry, just 1 % calcium, could solve one of the biggest hurdles holding back sodium-ion batteries from powering the clean energy future. Researchers at Tokyo University of Science ...