Category Chemistry/Nanotechnology

Microplastics have found their way deep inside our bones, brains, and even babies. A UK study found that 100% of all 155 hot and cold beverage samples tested contained synthetic plastic particles.

The researchers tested different products from popular UK brands, including coffee, tea, juices, energy drinks, soft drinks, and even tap and bottled water, and not a single beverage was free of microplastics (MPs). Surprisingly, the more expensive tea bag brand showed a higher concentration of MPs, compared to the cheaper ones.

Traces of plastics, including polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyethylene—commonly used for food packaging and disposable containers—were ...

What if the next battery you buy was made from the same kinds of ingredients found in your body? That’s the idea behind a breakthrough battery material made from natural, biodegradable components. It’s so natural, it could even be consumed as food.

A team of researchers at Texas A&M University, including Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Dr. Karen Wooley and Professor of Chemical Engineering Dr...

Korean researchers have ushered in a new era for electric vehicle (EV) battery technology by solving the long-standing dendrite problem in lithium-metal batteries. While conventional lithium-ion batteries are limited to a maximum range of 600 km, the new battery can achieve a range of 800 km on a single charge, a lifespan of over 300,000 km, and a super-fast charging time of just 12 minutes.

A research team from the Frontier Research Laboratory (FRL), a joint project between Professor Hee Tak Kim from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and LG Energy Solution, has developed a “cohesion-inhibiting new liquid electrolyte” original technology that can dramatically increase the performance of lithium-metal batteries...

Numerous market analyses have shown that over the next five years, demand for lithium-ion batteries for everything from personal electric devices to grid-scale energy storage is expected to grow dramatically.

To meet this demand, battery manufacturing needs to be faster, cheaper, more dependable, less energy-intensive and less wasteful. A key part of lithium-ion battery manufacturing with significant room for improvement is the processing and fabrication of electrodes.

To facilitate advances in this area, researchers at the U.S...