Conventional lithium-ion batteries may have sown the seeds for our transition to electric mobility, but they have certain shortcomings. They’re flammable, their range is still limited, and they’re not as quick to charge as we’d like them to be. Making EVs more competitive with gas-guzzlers will require remedies for these issues, and to achieve this we need a breakthrough in battery technology. That’s where lithium-metal batteries come in. How do lithium-metal batteries differ from lithium-ion ones? Both battery types use lithium to produce electrical energy and have a similar overall structure. Simply put, they have an anode (the battery’s negative…
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