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A team of researchers from Munich has achieved a decisive breakthrough in the efficiency of batteries. In the future, batteries could save significantly more energy with a new lithium ion manager.
Battery technology will play a crucial role for the energy transition. Because batteries and batteries can store electricity from wind or sun and thus enable stable and climate -friendly supply. Battery technology is also the key to the success of electromobility.
Because only with powerful storage can the everyday use as an alternative to fossil fuels. In the future, solid -state batteries will be decisive for progress in this area. Because they represent an important future technology because they can store more energy and do not consist of combustible materials such as the currently usual lithium batteries.
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich and Tumint.ENERGY Research GmbH are now apparently an important breakthrough. Because they have developed a new lithium ion manager from lithium, antimon and scandium, which can lead lithium ions more than 30 percent faster than all previously known substances.
Lithium ions for faster current flow
For the improved lithium ion director, the researchers have replaced part of the lithium in the connection lithium-antimonide with the metal scandium. As a result of this composition, gaps in the crystal grille of the conductor material, which are referred to as empty spots, arise specifically.
These gaps, in turn, make it easier for the lithium ions to move better and faster, which leads to a particularly fast current flow. But not only the increased speed is an advantage of this discovery. Because the material also offers thermal stability and can be easily made with proven chemical processes. Batteries could not only become more powerful, but also more secure and more suitable for electric cars, for example, and minimize the risk of fire.
“Our result is currently a significant progress in basic research,” explains Prof. Thomas F. Fässler from the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry with a focus on new materials at the TU Munich. “With the installation of small quantities of scandium, we came across a new principle that could prove to be directional for other element combinations.”
Completely new substance class discovered
With their discovery, the researchers were able to increase ion conductivity to 42 millisiometers per centimeter – a new world record. So far, a maximum of 32 millisiometers have been reached here.
Until the new lithium ion manager in battery cells is actually used, according to Fässler, “many tests are still necessary”. However, he is confident that “because materials that can lead both ions and electrons are particularly suitable as an addition to electrodes”.
But the researchers not only increased the conductivity enormously, but also discovered a completely new class of substance. “Our combination consists of lithium-antimon and can also be transferred to lithium phosphorus. While the previous record holder was based on lithium sulfur and needed five other elements to optimize, we only need Scandium as a further component,” explains first author Jingwen Jiang, researcher at Tumint.ENGY Research GmbH.
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As a tech industry expert, I am thrilled to hear about the advancements made by German researchers in developing new lithium ion leaders for better batteries. The development of more efficient and long-lasting batteries is crucial for the advancement of technology across various industries, including electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, and consumer electronics.
This breakthrough has the potential to revolutionize the way we use and store energy, making it more sustainable and cost-effective. By improving the performance and durability of lithium ion batteries, we can expect to see significant advancements in the development of electric vehicles with longer driving ranges, faster charging times, and improved overall efficiency.
I look forward to seeing how this new technology will be implemented in the market and the positive impact it will have on the tech industry as a whole. It is innovations like these that will continue to drive progress and shape the future of technology.
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