Lithium-ion batteries can become unstable under certain conditions, leading to fires. Now, researchers have used new materials that they say can make batteries safer.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (JSE: SOL; NYSE: SSL) and LOTTE Chemical have agreed to conduct a pre-feasibility study of a joint project to build, own and ...

Lotte Chemical and Sasol Chemicals say they will jointly study building a plant for battery-grade electrolyte solvents at a Sasol site in Lake Charles, Louisiana, or Marl, Germany. The facility would ...

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a polymer-based solid electrolyte. They ...

As the world transitions from fossil fuels to clean energy storage systems, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become increasingly vital across multiple industries. While larger battery structures ...

Battery fires are rare, but when they happen, they require enormous amounts of firefighting resources. The problem is caused by the flammable electrolyte, which can generate its own oxygen in a ...

Accelerating demand for renewable energy and electric vehicles is sparking a high demand for the batteries that store generated energy and power engines. But the batteries behind these sustainability ...

The U.S. Energy Department said Friday it plans to award $3 billion to 25 battery manufacturing sector projects in 14 states as the Biden administration works to shift the supply chain away from China ...

This week (December 12-18, 2025), industry dynamics indicated that solid-state batteries had moved beyond the long-term conceptual incubation phase and were entering an industrialization tipping point ...