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News·Jan 20, 2026

Researchers use failed batteries to fight “forever chemicals”

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Studying how battery components degrade created a powerful new way to destroy PFAS
News·Jan 6, 2026

Predictive “mismatch” leads to carbon capture breakthrough

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Work revealing how water impacts carbon dioxide capture from air named Journal of the American Chemical Society “Editor’s Choice”
News·Oct 30, 2025

New AI model explores massive chemical space with minimal data

Starting with just 58 data points, a new artificial intelligence model identified four battery electrolytes that rival the state of the art
News·Sep 30, 2025

Beyond lithium: Engineering a new type of battery

Doctoral candidate Thomas Marchese is exploring sodium-based solid-state chemistries to develop a new class of battery that would be safer, more powerful, and less damaging to the environment
News·Sep 17, 2025

Breakthrough advances sodium-based battery design

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By stabilizing a metastable form of sodium solid electrolyte, a new technique creates all-solid-state sodium batteries that retain performance down to subzero temperatures
News·Sep 16, 2025

Power moves: Creating a new generation of batteries

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PhD student Emily Doyle is using chemical engineering and AI to help design safer, more powerful batteries
News·Jun 25, 2025

Amanchukwu Lab: Creating better energy storage systems

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University of Chicago electrochemist Chibueze Amanchukwu is working to create a more sustainable future. The goal is to create energy storage systems that are cheap, safe and can perform well over time.
News·Jun 4, 2025

The University of Chicago and South Korea’s Gachon University Form Partnership to Advance Battery Research

The partnership aims to encourage research and educational collaboration between the two universities.
News·Jun 2, 2025

Coalition to Advance Battery Technologies Adds New Industry Members

Ensurge Micropower, UNIGRID Battery and South 8 join Thermo Fisher Scientific, SES AI, and MTI Corporation as members of the Energy Transition Network.
News·May 6, 2025

A Big Data approach for battery electrolytes

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A new paper outlines a path for AI and machine learning to help build tomorrow’s batteries