Engineers developed a fuel cell that offers more than three times as much energy per pound compared to lithium-ion batteries. Powered by a reaction between sodium metal and air, the device could be ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have designed a new class of molten sodium batteries for grid-scale energy storage. The new battery design was shared in a paper ...

Researchers have designed a new class of molten sodium batteries for grid-scale energy storage. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have designed a new class of molten sodium batteries for ...

Researchers in South Korea have successfully demonstrated the use of free ambient air as a fuel leveraging a sodium-based solid electrolyte to tackle the carbonate issue that has been holding back the ...

Batteries are nearing their limits in terms of how much power they can store for a given weight. That's a serious obstacle for energy innovation and the search for new ways to power airplanes, trains, ...

A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories has modified and improved molten sodium batteries, with an eye toward grid-scale energy storage that could store power from renewable sources (wind ...

A group of researchers headed by Zhong-Shuai Wu from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of CAS, working with Xiangkun ...