On a special episode (first released on August 14, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Many of today’s gadgets are powered by lithium-ion batteries, but that could be changing. Shirley Meng, a University of ...

Due to cheaper cost, ease of production and environmental benefits, battery makers and electric vehicle manufacturers have long pursued dry processes for building electrodes. A new dry-processed ...

Researchers developed the first anode-free solid-state battery that’s based on sodium, which is cheaper and more abundant than lithium. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you ...

"Soft metals like lithium and sodium have excellent properties for being batteries' negative electrodes, with lithium considered as an ultimate anode material for future high-energy rechargeable ...

To create the new batteries needed for EVs, mobile devices and renewable energy storage, researchers have explored new materials, new designs, new configurations and new chemistry. But one aspect – ...

Innovative battery technologies are key to bridging the gap between energy storage needs and current production capabilities, enhancing performance and safety. In this interview with Dr. Y Shirley ...

Watch! Dr. Shirley Meng and her team of material engineers are racing to create affordable and efficient batteries that can store solar and wind energy. The cells they’re building are so sensitive ...

A recent study by industry partner Thermo Fisher Scientific and Professor Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion, published in Joule, found that modifying the texture of metal can ...

A new paper from the lab of UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion and industry partner Thermo Fisher Scientific ...