Why it matters: Lithium-ion batteries have become essential in modern electronics and in efforts to migrate infrastructure to renewable energy sources. Through rigorous testing, researchers recently ...

Used lithium-ion batteries from cell phones, laptops and a growing number of electric vehicles are piling up, but options for recycling them remain limited mostly to burning or chemically dissolving ...

The rise of electric vehicles is a critical part of the move away from fossil fuels and the "greening" of transport. However, it isn't without its environmental challenges, one of the major issues ...

A new process for restoring spent cathodes to mint condition could make it more economical to recycle lithium-ion batteries. The process, developed by nanoengineers, is more environmentally friendly ...

A research team at Rice University led by James Tour has developed a two-step flash Joule heating-chlorination and oxidation (FJH-ClO) process that rapidly separates lithium and transition metals from ...

Menachem Elimelech, the Nancy and Clint Carlson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Photo credit: Gustavo Raskosky/Rice University). In the race to meet the growing global demand for ...

Critical minerals such as those used in lithium-ion batteries come in limited supply and are concentrated in specific regions ...

There are many challenges associated with high-voltage Li-ion battery-stack management in all-electric or hybrid automotive applications. Charge and discharge cycles must be monitored and controlled, ...

Carmakers are quickly adopting the newest generation of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are cheaper than their predecessors. But recycling lithium from the lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) ...