Graphite anodes, the current standard, store one lithium atom for every six carbon atoms (lithium being the energy in a battery). The more lithium, the more energy. But silicon anodes can store up to ...

Tesla gets Chinese approval to use lithium-iron batteries in the Model 3 The new Model 3 would be heavier, likely cheaper and for the Chinese market only.

The positive ions were joined with a single chlorine atom that was a negative ion. In the computational model, the chlorine atom is replaced by a negative cluster ion created by one boron atom and ...