Argonne has a long and distinguished history of research on lithium-ion batteries and, through emeritus Argonne Distinguished Fellow Michael Thackeray, a personal connection to a 2019 Nobel Prize winner, John Goodenough.

Batteries have come a long way since Alessandro Volta first discovered in 1800 that two unlike metals, when separated by an acidic solution, could produce an electric current.

How research at Argonne will help power the next generation of electric vehicles

Imagine dropping your phone on the hard concrete sidewalk — but when you pick it up, you find its battery has already healed itself.