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Batteries

UK’s largest grid-connected battery plugs in at Drax substation

Potassium-ion batteries have potential as an alternative method of storing and delivering large amounts electricity

Material discovery could lead to improved potassium-ion batteries

The development of tiny, soft and biocompatible batteries to power minimally invasive biomedical devices is of critical importance. Here the authors present a microscale soft rechargeable lithium-ion battery based on the surfactant-supported assembly of silk hydrogel droplets. Scale bar: 400μm

Oxford team develops soft hydrogel lithium-ion battery

The plant has an expected recovery rate of over 96 per cent

Mercedes-Benz opens battery recycling plant

KAIST technology can diagnose and monitor the state of batteries with ‘high precision’ using only small amounts of current.

KAIST develops new technology for the diagnosis of EV batteries

The project will demonstrate battery cells produced with recovered cathode active materials

Altilium in project with JLR to validate EV cells from recycled batteries

The Northvolt Ett gigafactory is set to lose 1,000 jobs

Northvolt axes 1600 jobs as EV slowdown bites

Fluorok co-founders Veronique Gouverneur & Gabriele Pupo

Oxford chemicals spinout Fluorok raises £7.7m

Joulen claims smaller scale battery systems could help transform the grid

Government urged to allow smaller batteries on to grid

The EU Battery Regulation and the US’s Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act (UFLPA) are being phased in to address human rights violations

Research identifies human rights abuses in battery supply chain

Researchers at Swansea University, in collaboration with Wuhan University of Technology, Shenzhen University, have developed a pioneering technique for producing large-scale graphene current collectors

Graphene foil promises to thwart thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries

Comment: EV sector must have a localised battery supply chain