Advanced Technologies Development Center News Today

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the NIMS-SoftBank Advanced Technologies Development Center have developed a lithium-air battery with an energy density of more than 500 Wh/kg—significantly higher than currently lithium ion batteries. The research team then confirmed that this battery can be charged and discharged at...

Japanese researchers say their lithium-air battery has shown some of the highest energy densities and best cycle life performances ever achieved.

NIMS and Softbank Corp. have developed a lithium-air battery with an energy density over 500 Wh/kg-;significantly higher than currently lithium ion batteries.