Real-time measurements captured by researchers at ORNL provide missing insight into chemical separations to recover cobalt, a critical raw material used to make batteries and magnets for modern technologies.
Scientists seeking ways to improve a battery鈥檚 ability to hold a charge longer, using advanced materials that are safe, stable and efficient, have determined that the materials themselves are only part of the solution.
Energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries.
In the quest for domestic sources of lithium to meet growing demand for battery production, scientists at ORNL are advancing a sorbent that can be used to more efficiently recover the material from brine wastes at geothermal power plants.
Researchers at the Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received five 2019 R&D 100 Awards, increasing the lab鈥檚 total to 221 since the award鈥檚 inception in 1963.
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will present eight innovative technologies currently available for commercialization during a public event at ORNL on October 17.
Rare earth elements are the 鈥渟ecret sauce鈥 of numerous advanced materials for energy, transportation, defense and communications applications.
Researchers at the Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University teamed up to investigate the complex dynamics of low-water liquids that challenge nuclear waste processing at
Ionic conduction involves the movement of ions from one location to another inside a material. The ions travel through point defects, which are irregularities in the otherwise consistent arrangement of atoms known as the crystal lattice.
Vera Bocharova at the Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigates the structure and dynamics of soft materials.