#lithiumion — Public Fediverse posts

The battery miracle online is doing the most

Dear Cherubs, the internet has once again discovered a battery so perfect it sounds like it came from a pitch deck written by a caffeinated intern and approved by gravity itself. The specific 90-second charge, 99.7% storage retention, and 5,000-cycle package circulating online was not verifiable from primary sources I checked, so the smart move is to treat it as a viral claim, not a finished breakthrough.

Reality check

What is real is the bigger trend: solid-state batteries replace the flammable liquid electrolyte used in conventional lithium-ion cells with a solid ion conductor, which can improve safety and potentially raise energy density. MIT has been making that case for years, while also pointing out that the interface between materials is still the part where the dream gets stuck in traffic.

That interface problem is not a footnote. MIT’s recent coverage says solid-state cells are still plagued by dendrites that can short-circuit the battery, and a 2020 MIT review lays out the rest of the mess: chemical stability, mechanical stability, processing, and long-term performance. In other words, the field is advancing, just not in the magical “plug in for 90 seconds and disappear for six months” way social media likes to sell it.

DOE’s battery overview says solid-state batteries can be safer because they are less prone to leakage from damage or swelling in hot temperatures, but it also notes that some designs still use a little liquid at the cathode to reduce interfacial resistance. Translation: progress, yes. Fairy dust, no.

Why it matters

The good news is that the field is moving. In 2025, Stellantis and Factorial Energy said they validated automotive-sized solid-state cells with 375 Wh/kg energy density and fast charging from 15% to 90% in 18 minutes, with a demonstration fleet planned for 2026. That is not “two-minute EV charging,” but it is a serious step forward, which is how real engineering usually behaves when nobody is trying to go viral.

So the right takeaway is not that battery problems have been solved. It is that researchers keep making the hard part less impossible. If the viral post was pointing at a real advance, it was probably one brick in a wall, not the wall itself. The upside is still huge: safer packs, longer life, and faster charging. The downside is that physics remains deeply committed to being inconvenient.

Sources:
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering — https://dmse.mit.edu/news/why-solid-state-batteries-keep-short-circuiting/
MIT News — https://news.mit.edu/2017/toward-solid-lithium-batteries-0202
MIT Review PDF — https://ecm.mit.edu/pubs/articles/10.1002_aenm.202002689.pdf
U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
Stellantis — https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2025/april/stellantis-and-factorial-energy-reach-key-milestone-in-solid-state-battery-development
Wikimedia Commons image source — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-Solid-State_Battery.png

#BurlingtonVT startup #NthCycle scores billion-dollar metal #recycling deal

By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff, March 17, 2026

"Both Nth Cycle and Ascend have developed water-based technologies to extract metals by reprocessing 'black mass,' the ground-up remnants of worn-out #lithiumIon batteries. They can also use the leftover scrap generated by battery manufacturers. Both companies claim that their technologies can capture these metals while generating far less #ToxicWaste than other recycling methods."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/17/business/lithium-nickel-cobalt-recycling-us-china/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/6PoQj

#SolarPunkSunday #MetalRecycling #LithiumRecycling #LionBatteries #BatteryRecycling #NickelRecycling #CobaltRecycling #Recycling #NoMining #Reuse

Stop Using AA Lithium Batteries in Portable Strobes and Speedlights https://petapixel.com/2026/04/30/stop-using-aa-lithium-batteries-in-portable-strobes-and-speedlights/ #panasoniclumix #servicenotice #Educational #lithiumion #speedlight #batteries #panasonic #speedlite #alkaline #lithiuim #omsystem #battery #eneloop #strobe #Canon #flash #nikon #News #nimh #Sony #fyi

For when I'm working on something containing an energetic battery.

(Inspired by Big Clive, obviously)

#LiIon #LithiumIon #bang #explosion #fire

For when I'm working on something containing an energetic battery.

(Inspired by Big Clive, obviously)

#LiIon #LithiumIon #bang #explosion #fire

For when I'm working on something containing an energetic battery.

(Inspired by Big Clive, obviously)

#LiIon #LithiumIon #bang #explosion #fire

For when I'm working on something containing an energetic battery.

(Inspired by Big Clive, obviously)

#LiIon #LithiumIon #bang #explosion #fire

For when I'm working on something containing an energetic battery.

(Inspired by Big Clive, obviously)

#LiIon #LithiumIon #bang #explosion #fire

Like seriously. It's so light I feel like I'm not even holding anything. Like I know I have that shitty battery on my palm but it might as well just be air ! We don't have a kitchen scale but I'm guessing it weighs more or less as an empty small milk carton

I remember watching Adam Savage's vid about lithium ion batteries. Oh hey I just realized he's holding the vapcell battery I'm using on my fan right now lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y23nfAOiXQ

#batteries #electronics #lithiumion #lumafield #ct

#Maine will require battery makers to provide #recycling options

By Tina Fischer, April 9, 2026

"Gov. #JanetMills signed into law a measure that will offer more options to recycle both single-use #alkaline and #LithiumIon batteries in Maine.

"LD 474 updates the state’s current product stewardship laws to require national battery manufacturing companies to set up drop-off locations and fund a statewide take-back program so that all batteries can be safely disposed of and rare earth metals can be extracted for reuse.

"Eight other states have enacted similar laws.

"The state’s existing battery recovery program, enacted in 1991, covers only nickel-cadmium batteries. Many hardware stores, town offices and Staples stores in Maine accept some types of batteries for recycling. The nationwide Battery Network lists on its website drop-off locations in Maine.

"Improper disposal of lithium-ion batteries — commonly found in power tools, cell phone chargers and #vaping devices — has led to at least 24 fires at recycling facilities in Maine. Disposal concerns have driven up insurance rates for towns, according to the #MaineDEP.

"More than 820,000 pounds of batteries are thrown away in Maine every year, according to the Natural Resources Council of Maine [#NRCM].

" 'Holding corporate battery makers accountable for cleaning up waste will lower costs for Mainers and help curb demand for mining rare earth metals,' said Vanessa Berry, sustainable Maine program manager at the nonprofit.

"It is technically illegal in Maine to dispose of rechargeable, button cell, or lead-acid batteries in the regular trash."

Source:
https://mainebiz.biz/article/maine-will-require-battery-makers-to-provide-recycling-options/

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineNews #BatteryRecycling #LionBatteries #Recycle #VapePens #Batteries #CellPhones #RechargeableBatteries

What’s flying under the radar in this energy crisis is storage—grid + home (#BESS + #BTM). #Lithium-ion deployments surged ~60% in 2025. Shocks used to trigger more supply. Now they accelerate demand destruction. The oil addiction cycle is breaking in real time. #Bettrification

What’s flying under the radar in this energy crisis is storage—grid + home (#BESS + #BTM). #Lithium-ion deployments surged ~60% in 2025. Shocks used to trigger more supply. Now they accelerate demand destruction. The oil addiction cycle is breaking in real time. #Bettrification

What’s flying under the radar in this energy crisis is storage—grid + home (#BESS + #BTM). #Lithium-ion deployments surged ~60% in 2025. Shocks used to trigger more supply. Now they accelerate demand destruction. The oil addiction cycle is breaking in real time. #Bettrification

What’s flying under the radar in this energy crisis is storage—grid + home (#BESS + #BTM). #Lithium-ion deployments surged ~60% in 2025. Shocks used to trigger more supply. Now they accelerate demand destruction. The oil addiction cycle is breaking in real time. #Bettrification

What’s flying under the radar in this energy crisis is storage—grid + home (#BESS + #BTM). #Lithium-ion deployments surged ~60% in 2025. Shocks used to trigger more supply. Now they accelerate demand destruction. The oil addiction cycle is breaking in real time. #Bettrification

I've started exploring and learning about rechargeable batteries as a hobby for a few days now and I've spent more than a hundred dollars. That's why I haven't been posting lately

I've bought pretty much the same thing that's on this video lol. Definitely not cheap. I could've bought RE 9 but I chose to spend some money starting out.

If anyone's got experiences with this, pls share. Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPcA-8b_1U

#xtar #electronics #battery #lithium #vx4 #lithiumion #nickel #iron #phosphorus

I've started exploring and learning about rechargeable batteries as a hobby for a few days now and I've spent more than a hundred dollars. That's why I haven't been posting lately

I've bought pretty much the same thing that's on this video lol. Definitely not cheap. I could've bought RE 9 but I chose to spend some money starting out.

If anyone's got experiences with this, pls share. Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPcA-8b_1U

#xtar #electronics #battery #lithium #vx4 #lithiumion #nickel #iron #phosphorus

I've started exploring and learning about rechargeable batteries as a hobby for a few days now and I've spent more than a hundred dollars. That's why I haven't been posting lately

I've bought pretty much the same thing that's on this video lol. Definitely not cheap. I could've bought RE 9 but I chose to spend some money starting out.

If anyone's got experiences with this, pls share. Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPcA-8b_1U

#xtar #electronics #battery #lithium #vx4 #lithiumion #nickel #iron #phosphorus

Rugged smartphones to look for when you are in the market
#Features #Africa #Americas #Antartica #Asia #Europe #Graphene #IPratings #LithiumIon #MiddleEast #MILSTD #Oceania #RuggedSmartphone #Satellite #Solar #Touch
https://gtechbooster.com/rugged-smartphones-to-look-for-when-you-are-in-the-market/?fsp_sid=1076

I’ve worked in fire safety management and training for 28 years. In that time, one hazard has grown from niche to everyday risk: lithium-ion battery fires. These incidents don’t behave like “normal” fires — and that difference is critical for safety. 🧵
#FireSafety
#LithiumIon
#BatterySafety
#FirePrevention
#christmas
#Electric

FFS, how many times does it have to be said? DO NOT use Lithium Ion for static installations. They don't need the energy density and we don't need the fire risk.

LiFePO₄ is cheaper, inherently less risky and available in grid scale quantity.

Sodium is likely to be even better in some respect.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-25972-8

#ClimateCrisis #Energy #BatteryStorage #LithiumIon #LithiumIronPhosphate #GridScaleStorage

Lumafield Shows Why Your Cheap 18650 Cells Are Terrible https://hackaday.com/2025/09/29/lumafield-shows-why-your-cheap-18650-cells-are-terrible/ #BatteryHacks #lithiumion #CTScan #18650 #fire

Lumafield Shows Why Your Cheap 18650 Cells Are Terrible - Lithium-ion cells deliver very high energy densities compared to many other batter... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/29/lumafield-shows-why-your-cheap-18650-cells-are-terrible/ #batteryhacks #lithiumion #ctscan #fire

Anker Power Banks Are Fire Hazards. Their lithium-ion batteries tend to overheat. #anker #powerbank #lithiumion #batteries #overheating #fire #burns #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5OSVUD_iI/

Linology Battery Charger Hands-On: Wait, Actual Battery Innovation? https://petapixel.com/2025/08/21/linology-battery-charger-hands-on-wait-actual-battery-innovation/ #rechargeablebatteries #Technology #lithiumion #batteries #charging #Reviews #handson #aaa #aa

#SodiumBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium

Lithium is relatively scarce and mostly refined in China. Sodium is neither

Oct 26th 2023

Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.

"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and 3nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #environmentally destructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the Democratic Republic of #Congo, where child labour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use electrodes built from iron and manganese, which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.

"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as grid storage or home batteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in electric vehicles.

"Perhaps the biggest disadvantage of sodium batteries is their late start. #LithiumIon batteries were first commercialised in the 1990s and have benefited from decades of investment. But the rest of the world is behind China on both fronts anyway. America and the European Union have announced enormous programmes of green industrial subsidies. If they are determined to bankroll batteries, some of the pot should go to sodium."

Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#

#SolarPunkSunday #DeepSeaMining #NoLithiumMining #LeaveItInTheOcean #LeaveItInTheOcean #LithiumAlternatives #SodiumBatteries #RenewablesNow

World’s first #sustainable #battery lasts 6,000 cycles, could offer 30-year life

The batteries transport electrons using three physical processes, thanks to an ultraporous carbon layer inside the cell.

by Georgina Jedikovska, Updated: Apr 11, 2025 11:02 AM EST

"#Ukrainian startup #SorbiForce has made a major breakthrough by transforming agricultural waste into a metal-free organic battery prototype in an attempt to combat the environmental impact of conventional batteries.

"Apart from #AgriculturalWaste, the Arizona-based energy storage company claims they used nothing but carbon, water, and salt to develop what they say is the world’s first truly sustainable battery.

"The team, led by material scientist Serhii Kaminskyi, SorbiForce’s CEO and co-founder, came up with the idea after realizing agriculture generates up to 2.1 billion tons of waste each year.

[...]

"However, what’s perhaps most striking is that at the end of a cell’s life, as much as 95 percent of the battery can be broken down into organic materials, while the rest of the components can later be reused.

"Additionally, Drolet remarks that, unlike #LithiumIon (Li-ion) batteries, which often become #toxic plastic waste or pose safety hazards when recycled, SorbiForce cells pose no risk of explosion, thermal runaway or toxic leaks thanks to their metal-free chemistry and #ClosedLoop design, even if cut in half."

Read more:
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-metal-free-battery-6000-cycles

#SolarPunkSunday #RenewblesNow #NoLithiumMining

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #BatteryHacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #BatteryHacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #BatteryHacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #BatteryHacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles - A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #batteryhacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles - A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #batteryhacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles - A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #batteryhacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles - A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #batteryhacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles - A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ #lithiumbattery #batteryhacks #rechargeable #lithiumion #powerbank #salvage #diy

hm hm lithium-ion rechargable AA and AAA batteries definitely exist

anybody know of specifically good brands?

(eta: so do C cells and presumably so on, same question)

#batteries #rechargeable #LithiumIon #RechargeableBatteries

Scientists Discovered a Way to Make Your Batteries Survive Way Longer https://petapixel.com/2024/08/30/scientists-discovered-a-way-to-make-your-batteries-survive-way-longer/ #Technology #lithiumion #research #battery #science #News #slac

Hardware Reuse: The PMG001 Integrated Power Management Module - Battery management is a tedious but necessary problem that becomes more of a hassl... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/27/hardware-reuse-the-pmg001-integrated-power-management-module/ #powermangement #batteryhacks #programmable #lithiumion #battery

Hardware Reuse: The PMG001 Integrated Power Management Module https://hackaday.com/2024/08/27/hardware-reuse-the-pmg001-integrated-power-management-module/ #powermangement #BatteryHacks #programmable #lithiumion #battery

We need this tech NOW! Some #LithiumIon alternatives discussed are #SodiumIonBatteries, #HydrogenFuelCells and #AqueousMagnesiumBatteries (which I'm just learning about).

6 alternatives to lithium-ion batteries: What's the future of energy storage?

The future of battery tech looks bright, but we might have to wait a while.

By Calvin Wankhede
March 11, 2024

"Li-on batteries require environmentally destructive #mining practices for metals such as #lithium, #cobalt, and #nickel. Moreover, a large amount of these metal resources are located in developing countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo [#DRC]. Ethical mining practices haven’t been established in these areas yet, meaning Li-on production contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions."

https://www.androidauthority.com/lithium-ion-battery-alternatives-3356834/

#SolarPunkSunday #GiantLeap #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #CobaltMining #NickelMining

How To Ruin Your Electric Car's Battery - NMC Edition! - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4lvDGtfI9U
#EngineeringExplained #EV #BatteryChemistry #NMC #LithiumIon #MaintainBattery #ElectricVehicle

[Thread] The next installment from #KleeBenally 's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender.

“The proposition of unplugging from a ‘dirty’ power source and plugging into a ‘green’ one does nothing to address the underlying power relations. It reinforces them.

“‘#GreenEnergy’ sustaining a Green Economy still demands resource #colonialism. From sacred #OakFlat in so-called Arizona where #SanCarlosApache are resisting a massive mine that is estimated to contain enough #copper ore to produce 275 million electric vehicles [#EVs], to sacred #ThackerPass in so-called Nevada where #Shoshone are resisting #LithiumMining, which is necessary for electric vehicle and ‘green’ energy battery production. A single car #LithiumIon battery pack contains 18 pounds of lithium. To electrify every vehicle throughout the world, an estimated 10.4 billion tons of lithium is needed, that is approximately 13 times the existing lithium reserves. The Thacker Pass lithium one is mismated to produce 60,000 tons annually. The proposed project spans approximately 28 square miles that would hold an #OpenPit and a #sulfuricacid processing plant to extract lithium from mined ore.

"The operation is estimated to release 152,713 tons of #CarbonDioxide [#CO2] annually and 400,000 gallons of #water is required for each ton of lithium meaning it will use 1.7 billion gallons annual. The Thacker Pass sulfuric acid processing plant will convert sulfur to leech lithium from raw ore, turned in from sources such as the #AlbertaTarSands, which are 1,500 miles away. The tar sands, located in so-called Canada, are known as the world’s most destructive oil operation.”

Page 138-139

#IndigenousAnarchy
#Ecosystem #DefendTheSacred
#CorporateColonialism #NoDAPL #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife #ClimateDefenders #NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #CorporateColonialism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Greenwashing