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Battery Breakthrough could usher in Greener, Cheaper Electric Vehicles

Battery breakthrough could usher in greener, cheaper electric vehicles
Richie Fong, a PhD student in Materials Engineering, conducts research on cathodes in a McGill lab. Credit: McGill University

The global shift to electric vehicles is gaining momentum, yet the extraction of battery materials has a significant environmental footprint that comes with high costs.

Now, two studies led by McGill University researchers offer hope in the search to manufacture cheaper and greener lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).

Their findings unlock the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly metals, known as disordered rock-salt-type (DRX) cathode materials.

In the first study, engineering researchers including lead author Richie Fong, a Ph.D. student in Materials Engineering, focused on cathodes...

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Unleashing Disordered Rocksalt Oxides as Cathodes for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

Unleashing Disordered Rocksalt Oxides as Cathodes for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

Researchers at Tohoku University have made a groundbreaking advancement in battery technology, developing a novel cathode material for rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs) that enables efficient charging and discharging even at low temperatures. This innovative material, leveraging an enhanced rock-salt structure, promises to usher in a new era of energy storage solutions that are more affordable, safer, and higher in capacity.

Details of the findings were published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A on March 15, 2024.

The study showcases a considerable improvement in magnesium (Mg) diffusion within a rock-salt structure, a critical advancement since the denseness of atoms in this confi...

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