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Nature Communications, Published online: 06 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74014-y Zinc dendrite growth and corrosion limit zinc metal electrode performance. Here, authors design a weakly bound water-mediated shear-thickening electrolyte that integrates chemical regulation with mechanical reinforcement to suppress dendrites and corrosion, enabling stable zinc metal electrodes.

Nature Communications, Published online: 06 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74177-8 The initially anode-free sodium metal offer advantages in energy density and safety. Here, authors design a grain-boundary Ga-rich polycrystalline aluminum current collector that enables controlled Al3+ dissolution to compensate Na loss, stabilizes Na plating/stripping, and delivers reversible batteries.

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GM wants to slash EV prices by deploying new battery tech up to a year earlier than planned. This building is key to making that happen.

Nature Communications, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74049-1 Sulfide-based all-solid-state lithium batteries severely suffer from sulfide electrolyte/Li interfacial instability. Here, authors propose an In and S doping into Li metal to stabilize the Li/Li6PS5Cl interface by constructing built-in electric fields, thereby enabling long-life all-solid-state lithium batteries.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-56494-6 Alumina foam-based electrolyte for thermal batteries: design and performance evaluation

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Industry-leading low on-resistance, approx. 25% less than existing products, enhances xEV power efficiency. The post Mitsubishi Electric to Ship 5th-generation SiC-MOSFET Bare Die Samples appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .

Researchers have developed a new polymer electrolyte that enables lithium metal batteries to operate safely at high voltages and across an extreme temperature range, from -40 deg.C to 55 deg.C.

Argonne battery researchers and data scientists have come together to review emerging large language model applications in the battery field, outlining an ambitious technical roadmap to accelerate battery breakthroughs.

Nature Communications, Published online: 02 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73953-w Zinc-based batteries offer safe energy storage but are limited by damaging dendrite growth. Here, authors report a zinc-specific nucleation model and a stability metric to design an advanced electrolyte that prevents dendrites, yielding highly stable, long-lasting batteries.

Silicon is one of the most attractive anode materials for all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) because of its high theoretical capacity, low lithiation potential, and abundance. Over the past 2 decades, silicon-anode research in ASSBs has evolved from thin-film model systems to nanostructured three-dimensional electrodes, powder-pressed composite architectures, integrated nanosheet-based cells, and,…

Silicon–carbon composite anodes are among the most intensively studied candidates for next-generation lithium-ion batteries because they combine the high theoretical capacity of silicon with the conductivity, structural resilience, and processability of carbon. Yet the value of silicon–carbon design lies not simply in blending two materials. The most effective systems create a coordinated archite…