Lithium-ion batteries have come a long way in the last 20 years. Laptop warriors, the smartphone revolution, the Chevy Volt and the Tesla Roadster — none of this could have been possible without continual improvements to the trusty lithium-ion battery. Yet will the lithium-ion battery be able to carry us forward to the Age of the Electric Vehicle? Not likely, say battery scientists who recently convened at the Lab-sponsored Symposium on Scalable Energy Storage. Participants discussed some of the current alternatives, such as lithium-air and lithium-sulfer batteries. More>
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