An online model enables users to calculate the least-cost strategy for a specific regional grid under various assumptions; outcomes vary widely from region to region.

MIT chemists developed a battery cathode based on organic materials, which could reduce the EV industry’s reliance on scarce metals.

New insights into how proton-coupled electron transfers occur at an electrode could help researchers design more efficient fuel cells and electrolyzers.

In a first, researchers have observed how lithium ions flow through a battery interface, which could help engineers optimize the material’s design.

An MIT team is working to harness combustion to yield valuable materials, including some that are critical in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.

Researchers urge industry and the research community to explore electrification pathways to reduce chemical industry emissions.

Battery power from electric vehicles to the grid could open a fast lane to a net-zero future.

Branchlike metallic filaments can sap the power of solid-state lithium batteries. A new study explains how they form and how to divert them.

A technique for synthesizing many “white graphene” nanotubes at a time paves the way for stronger, heat-resistant composites, and membranes for renewable energy.

A new field study reveals a previously unobserved fluid dynamic process that is key to assessing impact of deep-sea mining operations.