Featured in Going big on batteries – 08-2020

A highly promising cobalt-free battery for electric vehicles

We increasingly need safe, affordable, and powerful batteries as we move to greener technologies. Battery-powered electric cars, for example, have much higher safety standards than our phones, and for such vehicles to travel long distances, lighter batteries with higher energy density and rapid-charging capabilities would make a world of difference. Majid Rasool, a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University, discusses a potential solution.

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pv magazine

03 Aug 2020

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Among all the technologically mature battery systems, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) come closest to internal combustion engines in terms of energy and power densities – especially when compared with other conventional rechargeable batteries. Since their commercialization in the early 1990s, they have grown to become the dominant power storage solution for portable devices and are now …

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