Rest, I’ll Handle the Grid Tonight: The Cathode Choice Behind Sodium-Ion Batteries
Lithium-ion cathode materials are always a hot topic, but we rarely dedicate as much page space to their sister, sodium-ion cathode active materials (CAM).
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Where There’s Smoke; There’s a Vape
Back in March, a massive fire broke out in Glasgow started by the lithium ion batteries in a vape shop.
Upstream for Volatility, Downstream for Stability
Fifteen charts on battery component prices from January to July 2026, and how little of the upstream move survived the trip downstream.
How Many Workers Are Needed for Battery Manufacturing?
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Summer Round Up 2026 (part 1)
gigafactories and octopuses
Nordic BESS Day
a trip to sunny Gothenburg for some Big Batteries
Can we build predictive (quantitative) solid state battery models?
Today Ankit Verma takes a crack at explaining why we haven’t got any good solid state models yet, and what can be done to move the field closer to its own solid state equivalent of the DFN.This is an entirely reader supported publication.
A short film: why America lost the battery race
(and how it can win it back)
Getting an atom’s eye view inside a battery using neutrons and muons
from novel cathodes to pouch cells
May(ish) Round Up 2026 & AABC Europe
spacs, packs and snacks
Skipping the Solvent
dry processing of electrodes