Chemistry World

New material demonstrates ionic conductivity across three states

For the first time, researchers have reported a new family of materials that maintains its conductivity in liquid, liquid ...
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Generality vs. specificity: unraveling the electric double layer structure of highly ionic liquid electrolytes

Using a combination of simulation and experimental techniques, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Material Science and Engineering researchers have been able to identify the electric double layer ...

Identifying where lithium ions reside in a new solid-state electrolyte that could lead to improved batteries

Recent research published in Science introduces a promising solid electrolyte material that could improve the performance of ...
Science Daily

This simple design change could finally fix solid-state batteries

Scientists in South Korea have discovered a way to make all-solid-state batteries safer and more powerful using inexpensive ...
Business Wire

Ionic Materials Raises $65 Million to Speed Development of Its Revolutionary Polymer Electrolyte for Solid-State Batteries

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ionic Materials today announced it has secured $65 million in a Series C financing round from a leading group of financial and strategic investors. The strategic ...
BBC

Bonding, structure and properties of materials - OCR 21st Century

Ionic bonds are very strong so the melting point of an ionic compound is high. Ionic compounds do not conduct electricity in the solid state because their ions are unable to move about. However, if an ...
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Structures - (CCEA)

Part of Chemistry (Single Science) Unit 1: Structures, trends, chemical reactions, quantitative chemistry and analysis In chemistry, ‘bonding’ describes how atoms are held together. ‘Structure’ ...