Lithium batteries: blues and breakthroughs

Posted on 4 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

Lithium-ion batteries have grown to become one of the key technologies underpinning modern consumer electronics.

Devices as small as a smartphone, all the way up top large battery-electric trucks, all make critical use of these batteries. However, their explosive growth has also lead to a number of problems, related both to their design and materials. Mineral malaise One key issue limiting the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries is the availability of the…

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