Visual Abstract: A Cold-Tolerant Electrolyte for Lithium-Metal Batteries Emerges in San Diego (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Visual Abstract: A Cold-Tolerant Electrolyte for Lithium-Metal Batteries Emerges in San Diego

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Improvements to a class of battery electrolyte first introduced in 2017 -- liquefied gas electrolytes -- could pave the way to a high-impact and long-sought advance for rechargeable batteries: replacing the graphite anode with a lithium-metal anode. The research, published July 1, 2019 by the journal Joule, builds on innovations first reported in Science in 2017 by the same research group at the University of California San Diego and the university spinout South 8 Technologies.

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UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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