A novel battery electrode features silicon nanoparticles clustered ... using silicon for a new generation of lithium-ion batteries, say its inventors at Stanford University and the Department ...

Silicon has the potential to replace graphite in the anode, the negative terminal of a lithium-ion battery. Both silicon and graphite accept and store lithium ions when a battery is charging.

As useful as they have proven to be in powering our phones, tablets and electric cars, lithium ... shell of polymer microfibers, which is crafted with a technique called electrospinning. "It is ...

Stanford University experts may be on the cusp of delivering a lithium-metal battery that powers transportation beyond the road. That's because the solvent they have discovered could give the pack ...

A new SLAC-Stanford Battery Center, launched on Thursday, aims to spur research — combining the power of a national lab, top university and Silicon ... are powered by lithium-ion batteries ...