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Researchers have developed a method to stabilise a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance.

Researchers have developed a simple lab-based technique that allows them to look inside lithium-ion batteries and follow lithium ions moving in real time as the batteries charge and discharge, something which has not been possible until now.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Körber European Science Prize 2021, worth one million euros, is to be awarded to ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge chemist Professor Clare Grey, one of the UK’s leading battery researchers.

Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries – a key step to designing effective methods to improve battery lifespan.

A leading pioneer in the field of protein engineering, Sir Alan Fersht FMedSci FRS, has been named as the 2020 winner of the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s prestigious Copley Medal.

A technique based on the principles of MRI and NMR has allowed researchers to observe not only how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy storage work, but also how they fail, which will assist in the development of strategies to extend battery lifetimes in support of the transition to a zero-carbon future.

Five researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding body. 

Researchers have identified a group of materials that could be used to make even higher power batteries. ̽»¨Ö±²¥researchers, from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, used materials with a complex crystalline structure and found that lithium ions move through them at rates that far exceed those of typical electrode materials, which equates to a much faster-charging battery.

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is leading one of four government-funded projects into battery research, in order to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and a low-carbon economy. 

A major showcase of companies developing new technologies from graphene and other two-dimensional materials took place this week at the Cambridge Graphene Centre.