Study Reveals New Insights for Developing Lithium Metal Batteries
Written by AZoMFeb 26 2021
Nanoengineers from the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) have gained a new fundamental insight for designing lithium metal batteries that work well at very low temperatures; specifically, the weaker the electrolyte binds to lithium ions, the better.
Simulated structures of the binding between a lithium-ion and electrolyte molecules. Image Credit: John Holoubek/Nature Energy.
The researchers have now used this weakly binding electrolyte and have successfully designed a lithium metal battery that can be continuously recharged at temperatures down to −60°C the first-of-its-kind in the field. The team has reported the study results in an article published in the