New Battery Technology Could Improve Range of Aircraft and Electric Cars
In the search for a vehicle battery able to extend the driving range of electric vehicles scientists have tried to exchange the currently-used graphite anodes with lithium metal anodes. Lithium can extend an EV’s driving range by 30–50%, but also shortens the battery’s useful life. This is due to dendrites and their needle-like projections called whiskers that can grow inside a lithium battery and impair its proper functioning because...