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Removable Batteries Facing Challenges
The European Union is forging ahead with plans to enforce removable batteries. This is in terms of its broad policy…
Flexible Housings for Safer Batteries
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Central Role of Oxides in Batteries
An oxide is a compound made from oxygen and another element. By way of example, lithium oxide is a compound…
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Battery Capacity or Cycle Life
Is battery capacity or cycle life more important to you? A battery’s capacity is the amount of power it can…
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Why That Particular Battery Name?
We call a battery a battery, because Benjamin Franklin thought early electrochemical cells standing in a box looked like artillery…
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Sulfide Coating Boosts NMC811 Cathode
NMC811 is short-hand for a lithium-ion battery cathode material containing about 80% nickel, 10% manganese, and 10% cobalt. Scientists at…