Since its development in the 1970s, the rechargeable alkali-ion battery has proven to be a
truly transformative technology, providing portable energy storage for devices ranging from …

There is a growing demand for energy storage, for intermittent renewable energy such as
solar and wind power, for transportation, and for the myriad portable electronic devices. By …

Large-scale simulations with complex electron interactions remain one of the greatest
challenges for atomistic modelling. Although classical force fields often fail to describe the …

Metastable orthorhombic niobium pentoxide (T‐Nb2O5) is a promising anode to fulfill the
requirements for high‐rate Li‐ion batteries (LIBs). Stoichiometric T‐Nb2O5 is plagued by low …

Improving electrochemical energy storage is one of the major issues of our time. The search
for new battery materials together with the drive to improve performance and lower cost of …

Abstract Lithium (Li)‐ion batteries (LIB) have governed the current worldwide rechargeable
battery market due to their outstanding energy and power capability. In particular, the LIB's …

For more than 20 years, most of the technological achievements for the realization of
positive electrodes for practical rechargeable Li battery systems have been devoted to …

Li-ion battery technology has become very important in recent years as these batteries show
great promise as power sources that can lead us to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. The …

Thermodynamics is a science concerning the state of a system, whether it is stable,
metastable or unstable, when interacting with the surroundings. In this overview …

The lithium-ion battery technology is rooted in the studies of intercalation of guest ions into
inorganic host materials developed ca. 40 years ago. It further turned into a commercial …