Most owners of electric cars have wished for a battery pack that could power their vehicle for more than a thousand miles on a single charge, and Range Anxiety is a big issue for EV adoption. Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery that could make that dream a reality.
The main new component in this lithium-air battery is a solid electrolyte instead of the usual liquid variety. Batteries with solid electrolytes are not subject to the safety issues of liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion and other battery types, which can overheat and catch fire.
The battery chemistry with the solid electrolytes can potentially boost the energy density by as much as four times above lithium-ion batteries, which translates into longer driving range.
Source: CleanTechnica: Read The Article
PSR Analysis: Range or machine operating time are big inhibitors to the adoption of EVs/ Electric machines so anything that improves that is a big plus. The lack of a safety issue (overheating and potential fire) is also a significant plus. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast & Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
