CoatingSolution4U wins Edison Award as battery makers push for faster slurry diagnostics
CoatingSolution4U won a Bronze Edison Award on April 20, 2026 for SlurryXpert, a real-time diagnostic system that tracks battery electrode slurry behavior before coating defects spread through production.
CATL says its sodium-ion battery is headed for full-scale mass production by late 2026
CATL said on April 21 that its Naxtra sodium-ion battery has moved into GWh-scale industrialization and is set for full-scale mass production by the end of 2026 after the company said it solved four manufacturing bottlenecks tied to moisture control, gas generation, aluminum foil adhesion and self-forming anode systems.
Neoen launches construction plan for France’s largest battery, a 496 MWh grid asset near Paris
Neoen has unveiled plans for a 248 MW/496 MWh battery in Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine, east of Paris, that it says will become France’s largest storage asset and the first connected to RTE’s 400 kV transmission network.
IISc grows wafer-scale 2D magnetic films in push toward device-ready nanomaterials
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science have reported a low-defect method for growing centimeter-scale 2D magnetic chromium chloride films, a fabrication step that could help move the material class from lab-scale flakes toward usable electronic and spintronic platforms.
GMG doubles energy density in graphene aluminium-ion battery update ahead of 2026 customer testing
Graphene Manufacturing Group said its six-minute-charging graphene aluminium-ion battery cells doubled energy density to 49 Wh/kg, a development that brings the program closer to customer testing later in 2026 and small commercial production in 2027.
First Graphene turns roof-tile trial into carbon-cutting production case in the UK
First Graphene said a five-month UK production trial with FP McCann made more than 10,000 graphene-enhanced roof tiles while cutting cradle-to-gate emissions by up to 14%, a concrete step toward commercial construction use.