MIT researchers have designed a system that uses flames to produce materials critical to lithium-ion batteries. Their combustion-based method promises to be simpler, much quicker, and far less energy-intensive than the conventional method now used to manufacture cathode materials.

Japan's new quasi-solid-state battery promises a non-flammable, super-safe energy solution with improved performance and thermal stability.

Surface modification of micro-nanoparticles at the atomic and close-to-atomic scales is of great importance to their applications in a variety of fields, such as energy storage, catalysis, sensors, and biomedicine. In order to meet the industry requirements in these areas, it is urgently necessary to develop high-volume manufacturing of atomically precise coatings on particulate materials. As an advanced extreme…