Iron fluoride cathode materials have emerged as a promising class for next-generation rechargeable batteries, offering high theoretical energy densities and the potential for both lithium-ion and ...

The development of lithium-7 fluoride production technology is seen as a key step in Russia for the proposed future molten salt reactors. (Image: Rosatom) There is currently no industrial production ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland, in conjunction with Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new battery cathode material that they say could triple the energy density of lithium-ion ...

As the demand for smartphones, electric vehicles, and renewable energy continues to rise, researchers are searching for ways to improve lithium-ion batteries—the most common type of battery found in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The chemical element that makes up most of today's batteries, lithium, may soon be challenged by its polar opposite on the periodic table: fluoride. Yes, the same stuff in ...

With a fluoride-based electrolyte that’s liquid at room temperature, along with suitable electrodes, researchers hope to exploit the high energy-storage potential of this otherwise challenging element ...

A Russian company has developed a production process for lithium-7 fluoride. Lithium-7 fluoride, to be used in the molten salt reactor, is produced by solid-phase synthesis. The development is crucial ...

Researchers from around the world are looking for the successor to the lithium-ion battery for electric cars, power tools, and electronics—one that will store more energy with less size and weight, ...