Researchers in Stanford's Yi Cui Lab have developed an ultra-light, fire-retardant battery current collector. Commercial Cu-Al current collectors account for 15-50 wt.% of the total battery weight – dead weight that dramatically limits battery density.
A team of Stanford engineers has developed an efficient battery that can convert salinity gradient power (a.k.a. “blue energy”) into electricity using low-cost, non-toxic electrode materials.
An interdisciplinary team of Stanford engineers have developed a low-cost, patented, in situ method to efficiently produce electricity from organic matter such as wastewater.
Stanford researchers have developed a low cost, safe, environmentally friendly, rechargeable Zn/MnO2 flow battery with the potential for grid scale energy storage.
Stanford researchers in Zhenan Bao and Yi Cui's labs have developed an organic redox mediator that could make Lithium Sulfur batteries charge faster with less energy.
This technology is a category of colorful low-emissivity paints that form bilayer coatings, designed to enhance thermal insulation. Maintaining optimal thermal environments poses significant challenges for human comfort, energy efficiency, and sustainability.
Stanford researchers within the Cui Lab have discovered a promising practical application for grid-scale energy storage by solving poor electronic conductivity in Mn based aqueous batteries, resulting in cycling with an ultrahigh areal loading of 20 mAh cm-2 for over 200 cy
Stanford Researchers have discovered fluorinated acetal electrolytes for lithium metal batteries that demonstrate fast stabilization of lithium metal, compatibility with high-voltage cathodes, and low cell impedance.
Engineers in Prof. Yi Cui's laboratory have developed a stretchable, stable, high energy density anode to be used in lithium ion batteries that power stretchable electronic devices (e.g., wearable electronics, bendable phones or flexible displays).
Stanford researchers at the Cui Lab have designed a self-aligned hybrid metal-dielectric surface that offers unparalleled performance in applications where both a transparent contact and a photon management texture are needed.
Stanford researchers led by Profs. Yi Cui and Steven Chu have demonstrated that interfacial layer of hollow carbon nanospheres allows stable lithium metal anode cycling up to a practical current density of 1 mA cm-2.
Using bamboo inspired carbon nanofibers, Stanford researchers at the Yi Cui Lab have created a freestanding, flexible and elastic electrode for energy storage devices.
Stanford researchers have developed a high-performance, ultrafast, thermoresponsive polymer that can act as a circuit breaker to prevent fires in next-generation high-energy-density batteries by rapidly and reversibly turning off when overheated.