Scientists at the University of Central Florida studying alternative lithium battery designs have come up with a modification to one they say could lead to great performance gains for these devices.

The zinc-copper redox couple exhibits several merits, which motivated us to reconstruct the rechargeable Daniell cell by combining chloride shuttle chemistry in a zinc chloride-based aqueous/organic ...

The BNEF research arm of Bloomberg sees EV and alternative energy demands straining nonferrous metal supplies. Despite recycling efforts, copper might be heading toward a supply deficit of from 5 ...

Does anyone know or anyone had any experience with the battery effect between brass and copper? I know brass is formed by adding zinc to liquid copper, so the two metals can't be that far apart. I ...

Global electric vehicle (EV) deployment hinges on the availability and price of lithium and cobalt, right? Think again. A report from analysts at Wood Mackenzie has stated copper will also be a ...

Tesla is worried that there soon will be some upcoming global shortages of minerals used to make batteries for electric cars, like nickel, copper, and lithium. The electric revolution in the auto ...

Copper is a critical material in the manufacturing of all vehicles, regardless of whether they are powered by gas, diesel, electricity, hydrogen, or even liquid natural gas (LNG). The demand for ...