A recent survey of magnesium sacrificial anode cathodic protection systems installed on Bahrain Petroleum Co. (BAPCO) pipelines in 1998 revealed that many of the anodes had failed prematurely and ...

Large-capacity rechargeable batteries capable of sustaining repeated charge-discharge cycles are expected to become core technologies for electric vehicles and other elements of an electrified society ...

Most of the batteries we use these days, whether rechargeable or not, are generally self-contained affairs. They come in a sealed package, with the anode, cathode, and electrolyte all wrapped up ...

Achieving high-performance anodes relies on the coupled effects of interfacial electric fields and controllable deposition morphology. Previous strategies, such as interface modification, structural ...

Scientists have pioneered a method to enable the reversible chemistry of magnesium metal in the noncorrosive carbonate-based electrolytes and tested the concept in a prototype cell. The technology ...

These improvements were realized by use of sodium/magnesium/nickel/oxygen prismatic type layered oxides in the cathode. The ...

Magnesium-air batteries have emerged as a promising energy storage solution due to their high theoretical energy density and the abundance of magnesium. However, practical implementation has been ...

Despite their popular use today, lithium-ion batteries have the drawbacks of being toxic and expensive, with a global supply shortage of metal. And for decades, researchers have tried to look for ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers recently studied rechargeable batteries at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). The CFN is a Department of Energy Office of Science user facility. The batteries ...

Researchers are developing magnesium batteries to address the environmental and geopolitical issues associated with lithium-ion batteries, which currently dominate the electric vehicle market.