Articles
February 2026
High-Purity Aluminium Foil Used in Latest Aluminium Battery Research
Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), working with collaborators at Umeå University, the University of Oulu, IMT Mines Albi and the Digital University Kerala, have published new findings in Batteries & Supercaps (2026) demonstrating how engineered pore structure improves the long-term stability of aluminium-ion batteries.
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Aluminium in research. Why demand is rising and where it is used
Aluminium remains one of the most widely used metals in scientific research. From battery builds to surface studies, aluminium is a common choice because its behaviour is well understood and easy to work with. The physical, thermal, and chemical properties of Aluminium make it suitable across physics, materials science, energy research, and space science.
High-Purity Gold Electrodes from Advent Advance Battery and CO2 Conversion Research
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have made significant progress in understanding what happens at electrode surfaces during electrochemical reactions—work that could lead to better batteries, more efficient CO2 converters, and improved fuel cells. The study, published in Faraday Discussions, used high-purity gold materials supplied by Advent Research Materials to create specialised thin-film electrodes that revealed hidden molecular behaviour at electrified interfaces.