New type of battery could outlast EVs and still be used for grid energy storage
New type of battery could outlast EVs and still be used for grid energy storage
techxplore.com New type of battery could outlast EVs and still be used for grid energy storage
There's a big push underway to increase the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries powering EVs on the road today. By law, in the US, these cells must be able to hold 80% of their original full charge after eight years of operation.
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The paper that this references is well worth a read as it goes into quite a bit more detail and highlights the difficulty they had with XRD, which there article glosses over. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ad88a8/pdf