---
title: A New Material for the Battery of the Future, Made in UCLouvain
description: Storing green energy from wind or sun is essential to moving away from fossil fuels, but that will require some advances in battery technology. Current lithium-ion batteries contain a flammable liquid electrolyte that makes them dangerous in these applications. Now researchers at UCL have discovered a solid material that may have the right properties for a new type of battery.
---

[Fluid Systems Engineering & Management Blog | Swagelok NorCal ](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog)

# [A New Material for the Battery of the Future, Made in UCLouvain](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/a-new-material-for-the-battery-of-the-future-made-in-uclouvain)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/jeff-hopkins) | 11/11/19 5:00 PM

Storing green energy from wind or sun is essential to moving away from fossil fuels, but that will require some advances in battery technology. Current lithium-ion batteries contain a flammable liquid electrolyte that makes them dangerous in these applications. Now researchers at UCL have discovered **a solid material that may have the right properties for a new type of battery**.

[Read the full article on* EurekAlert *→](https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/ucdl-anm071719.php)

[View full post](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/a-new-material-for-the-battery-of-the-future-made-in-uclouvain)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Jeff Hopkins"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2019-11-11T17:00:00.507Z",
  "datePublished" : "2019-11-11T17:00:00Z",
  "headline" : "A New Material for the Battery of the Future, Made in UCLouvain",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 628,
    "url" : "https://northerncal.swagelok.com/hubfs/a_new_material_for_the_battery_of_the_future_made_in_UCLouvain.png",
    "width" : 1200
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/a-new-material-for-the-battery-of-the-future-made-in-uclouvain",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Swagelok Northern California Blog"
  }
}
```