HNEI researchers discuss: What’s the future of lithium ion batteries?

High salt lakes of South America supply much of the lithium need for batteries. (Ricampelo/ wikimedia, CC)

Many of us would be hard-pressed to spend a day without using a lithium-ion battery, the technology that powers our portable electronics. And with electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage for the power grid around the corner, their future appears pretty bright.

Matthieu Dubarry, HNEI Assistant Researcher and Arnaud Devie, HNEI Postdoctoral Research Fellow recently published an article for The Conversation regarding the emerging technologies which might lead to improvements for lithium-ion batteries, and the associated challenges.