Leon Yao

Engineers develop a nano-coating of boron nitride to stabilize solid electrolytes in lithium metal batteries, increasing battery life while ensuring battery safety The grand challenge to improve energy storage and increase battery life, while ensuring safe operation, is becoming evermore critical as we become increasingly reliant on this energy source for everything from portable devices to electric vehicles. A Columbia

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A new battery concept based on fluoride ions may increase battery lifespans Imagine not having to charge your phone or laptop for weeks. That is the dream of researchers looking into alternative batteries that go beyond the current lithium-ion versions popular today. Now, in a new study appearing in the journal Science, chemists at several institutions, including Caltech and the Jet

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SK Innovation is expanding its production capacity to become a major player in the EV market According to latest news, SK Innovation intends to build a second lithium-ion battery plant in China. There are not many details besides the investment cost of 579.9 billion won ($488.30 million). The plan is considered a kind of bet because China hasn’t opened its EV battery market

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Volkswagen’s ID.3 electric car is its next big thing after the Beetle and Golf. This claim was made by Jürgen Stackman, Volkswagen board member at the global preview of the ground breaking VW in Berlin on Wednesday. The new EV is designed for the people, he says. In the metal it’s Golf-sized on the outside, but inside larger and closer to a

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