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Liquid electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries have high ion-conductivity at room temperature, but lose this feature as temperature increases.

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.

Battery longevity and performance are critical to all applications yet require the most time to test during development.

Optimizing battery performance currently relies on empirical testing using arbitrary parameters, under-validated physiochemical models, and limited data analysis of summary trends.

Stanford scientists have invented an inexpensive device to detect the first signs of lithium plating during fast-charging of lithium ion batteries, enabling early onboard detection of this issue during battery development or use.

Researchers in the Cui lab have designed a polymer-polymer solid-state electrolyte for lithium batteries that is fireproof, lightweight, and mechanically robust.

Stanford researchers have demonstrated a self healing electrode that can dramatically enhance the cycle lifetime of lithium ion batteries by applying Si microparticles with a thin layer of self-healing conductive composite.

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 new method to more accurately monitor battery State of Charge (SOC) and State of Health (SOH), over its entire lifetime.

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 have made an electrochemical redox refrigeration device that provides high cooling power densities without the environmental liabilities of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants.

Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a new coating design which makes lithium metal batteries stable and promising for further development.

Engineers at the Cui Research group have recently patented a low-cost, high-performance solid electrolyte for solid-state lithium-ion batteries.

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.

Stanford researchers have developed various high ionic conductivity thin films (LiAlO₂, LiAlF₄) to stabilize lithium ion battery electrodes without sacrificing power density.