Manganese, nickel, silicon - main focus of battery research
Under the hood of the Nissan e-NV200 electric car. Credit: Tramino/iStock. A new whitepaper by Roskill that examines the potential of patent analysis to understand the lithium-ion battery technological landscape found the market trend is decidedly leaning towards nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum in terms of material utilization. Next to these metals is also silicon which, according to Roskill, is gaining share in commercial products and could be considered a technology of ‘today’, rather than ‘tomorrow.’ Manganese, however, is becoming the star of the show, slightly overtaking...
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