ARGONNE, Illinois, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Unlocking safer batteries: New study uncovers key insights into electrolyte materials for all-solid-state batteries Possible applications include electric vehicles, laptops and pacemakers A joint computational and experimental study examined how adding certain dopants to a solid electrolyte could improve its interaction with a lithium metal electrode. The result   more