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Advanced batteries

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Advanced-battery technology has been the basis of an Anglo-Danish interdisciplinary scientific project. The technological and economic aspects of advanced battery installations in vehicular and stationary applications are discussed in this article.

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Tofield, B., Dell, R. & Jensen, J. Advanced batteries. Nature 276, 217–220 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/276217a0

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