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How X-Rays Can Make Better Batteries

Artist's rendering of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with a midnight blue background and electric blue outlines surrounding 3 batteries

Quantifying California’s Lithium Valley: Can It Power Our EV Revolution?

Mud volcanoes and mudpots next to the EnergySource Minerals power plant at the edge of the Salton Sea.

Sizing Up the Challenges in Extracting Lithium from Geothermal Brine

illustration of lithium extraction process

Big Batteries on Wheels Can Deliver Zero-Emissions Rail While Securing the Grid

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Berkeley Lab Awarded More Than $13M for Electric Vehicle Battery Research

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New Thermal Wave Diagnostic Technique Advances Battery Performance Testing

Sean Lubner (right), Mechanical Research, Scientist/Engineer, Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division (ESDR), and Yuqiang Zhen, Staff, ESDR, utilizing 3ω for thermal characterization of batteries at the Thermal Science Group laboratory.

How to Make Lithium-ion Batteries Invincible

A scientist wearing gloves holds up a ceramic palette sample in two small glass tubes.

X-Ray Study Recasts Role of Battery Material from Cathode to Catalyst

Wanli Yang, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, working on a resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) system. Yang adapted the RIXS technique to study lithium-rich battery materials. (Credit: Wanli Yang/Berkeley Lab)

Designing Selective Membranes for Batteries Using a Drug Discovery Toolbox

Illustration of caged lithium ions in a new polymer membrane for lithium batteries. Scientists at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry used a drug-discovery toolbox to design the selective membranes. The technology could enable more efficient flows in batteries and energy storage devices. (Credit: Artem Baskin/Berkeley Lab)

New Research Technique Sheds Light on Least Understood Part of Lithium Batteries

A user works on MALDI at the Molecular Foundry

Berkeley Lab Names Noël Bakhtian to Lead New Energy Storage Center

Geothermal Brines Could Propel California’s Green Economy