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Fully Charged in Just 12 Minutes! Korean Scientists Develop Next-Gen Lithium–Sulfur Battery
(scitechdaily.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
As far as I can tell battery research seems to consist of mixing every single element with lithium, and seeing if it makes a battery.
Flow batteries specifically don't use Lithium and are very promising in price to performance https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/03/flow-batteries-are-the-future-of-renewable-energy-and-australia-could-be-a-world-leader-if-theres-funding