Never mind Covid passports. Would manufacturers benefit from comprehensive digital tagging and identification of lithium-ion batteries? Fleur Doidge reports.
While track-and-trace systems for Covid-19 have met with mixed results in many countries, applying a similar idea to lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) could help meet soaring demand in the automotive industry. Ilias Belharouak, Section Head for Electrification at US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), suggests a type of battery identity global passport (BIGP)…
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