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How electric-car batteries could be safer and more recyclable

An organic material makes a solid electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries.
Fabrication of solid-state cells with ORION conductors.

An organic material (orange) sandwiched between a porous cathode (green) and a lithium anode (yellow) is solid at 25° C (left), infiltrates the cathode’s pores when heated (middle) and solidifies when cooled, creatinga solid-state battery (right). Credit: Jiwoong Bae/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

An innovative organic material could make lithium-ion batteries lighter, safer and easy to recycle1.

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Nature 620, 471 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02527-3

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  1. Bae, J. et al. Sci. Adv. 9, eadh9020 (2023).

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