Hitachi Maxell Tech Promises Cheaper, Longer Lasting Lithium-Ion Batteries
According to the source, specialists of Japanese company Hitachi Maxell, Nagasaki University, NIAIST and Fuji Heavy Industries managed to jointly develop a new type of lithium-ion batteries, which are alleged 20 times superior to the capacity of existing samples.
It is important that the new batteries are cheap and easy to produce.
It is known that in the new batteries deleted cobalt, which makes a significant contribution to the cost of batteries produced today. Instead of cobalt, developers have used “nano-foam” from lithium and manganese.
Data about terms of commercialization of the product are not presented. It is hoped that it was not far off.
Source: Nikkei
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