Energy storage

Liquid batteries could level the loadMIT team makes progress toward goal of inexpensive grid-scale batteries that could help make intermittent renewable energy sources viable.

Revealing how a battery material worksMIT team uncovers a reason why the hottest new material for rechargeable batteries works so well.

Solving energy problems, one molecule at a timeMaterials scientist explores new possibilities in topics from molecules to rooftop solar panels.

Highly efficient oxygen catalyst foundNew catalyst, made of inexpensive and abundant materials, could prove useful in rechargeable batteries and hydrogen-fuel production.

Harnessing the Earth, the atom and the leafThere are many sources that can make a contribution to our energy supply, but likely not at a major scale in the near future.

‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlightSolar cell bonded to recently developed catalyst can harness the sun, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.

Findings could lead to better hydrogen storageMIT-led research demonstrates method that could allow inexpensive carbon materials to store the volatile gas at room temperature.

A systematic way to find battery materialsNew understanding of high-performing cathode compound could facilitate rapid evaluation of improved alternatives.

Research update: Improving batteries’ energy storageNew method allows a dramatic boost in capacity for a given weight.