"Reduced-Salt" Batteries.(lithium-ion battery research)(Brief Article)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new kind of electrolyte for use in lithium-ion batteries. The new electrolyte is loss expensive and more environmentally friendly than these currently used. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries now dominate the market for use as a power source in cell phones and many laptop computers.

Researchers would like to scale up these batteries for use in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. One problem, however, is that in today's lithium batteries, the salt component of the ...

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