Rubidium could be the next key player in oxide-ion conductors. Researchers have discovered a rare rubidium (Rb)-containing oxide-ion conductor with exceptionally high conductivity. Identified through ...

Oxide ion conductors used in solid-state fuel cells often fail to reach full potential when operating at temperatures below 500 degrees Celsius, but researchers have recently found a solution to this ...

Japanese researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) have developed a new material that could dramatically improve fuel cell technology. Containing rubidium (Rb), this new material ...

Conventional lithium-ion batteries contain problematic substances such as nickel and cobalt, and the solvents used to coat ...

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smartphones to electric cars, but they rely on materials that raise environmental and ethical concerns. Metals like nickel and cobalt are costly to mine, ...

Scientists have built a new a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery anode that incorporates iron oxide, ...

Rubidium could be the next key player in oxide-ion conductors. Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have discovered a rare rubidium (Rb)-containing oxide-ion conductor, Rb₅BiMo₄O₁₆, with ...

Tokyo Tech researchers demonstrated high conductivity and stability in bismuth-containing Sillén oxyhalides with triple fluorite-like layers (e.g. 10 mS/cm at 431 o C; 204 times higher conductivity ...