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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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