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A theoretical study proposes voltage-controlled barriers to steer light-generated charges across graphene, a possible route toward infrared harvesting that still needs experimental testing.
A 2026 study reports long-running laboratory tests of a flowing zinc slurry battery. The measurements do not establish its performance in a grid installation.
A published study of a garnet-type solid electrolyte finds lithium diffusion departs from a simple temperature trend above 400 K, while ion-motion correlations stay nearly steady; the mechanism and battery relevance remain open.