New insights into metallic cracks that harm battery performance could advance the longstanding quest to develop energy-dense ...

New research has uncovered a surprising cause behind short circuits in next-generation solid-state batteries, ...

Researchers reveal how tiny metallic dendrites sabotage solid-state batteries and uncover a path to safer, energy-dense power ...

Scientists observe lithium dendrites growing in batteries in real time, revealing how they break and cause battery failures.

Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Origins of Lithium Dendrite Growth. Schematic illustration of lithium dendrite formation governed by coupled electrochemical, chemical, and mechanical processes. In liquid ...

Brittle, microscopic metal filaments called dendrites are now firmly established as a primary driver of lithium-ion and solid-state battery failure, according to a growing body of peer-reviewed ...

Researchers have uncovered the mechanical properties of the nanoscale "thorns" that develop inside lithium-ion batteries, which can cause them to short circuit and die – or worse, such as ...