lithium battery

From powering our mobile devices, electric vehicles and homes to providing grid-scale energy storage, lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised the way we live in the world. As lithium-ion battery costs fall – down 97 per cent since 1991 – and the world pursues a lower emissions energy future, batteries are an enabling technology that will support … Continue reading Building Australia’s lithium battery value chain →

Deakin University scientists have created a first-of-its-kind lithium metal battery prototype using specially-designed electrolytes. “Over the past 30 years, researchers at Deakin and Monash University have been working on a new class of electrolyte material called an ionic liquid, which is a salt that takes on a liquid form at room temperature,” director of the … Continue reading Deakin scientists develop better performing lithium batteries →

Monash University researchers will soon commercialise a lithium-sulfur (LiS) battery, which they say can outperform current market leaders by more than four times. Professor Mainak Majumder, of the team, said this development was a breakthrough for Australian industry and could transform the way phones, cars, computers and solar grids are manufactured in the future. The … Continue reading Australian university’s lithium-sulfur battery is four times stronger than rest →