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Thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries challenges their suitability for energy storage and electric vehicle applications. A team of Chinese scientists…
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We need a step change, if we are to do for passenger flight what electric cars are already achieving. Electric…
Scientists at Fujan University in China have developed a novel calcium-oxygen battery that could become an alternative to lithium-ion. That’s…
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