One of the important challenges facing mankind is to create batteries that would be better suited for use in electric transport. Â Modern lithium-ion cells migrated into advanced electric vehicles , but because the batteries on their base are obtained rather cumbersome, requiring cooling in hot weather and heating in cold weather. Â
According to the publication EETimes, Battery500 American consortium expects to find technologies to increase the storage density of the charge of modern lithium-metal batteries up to 500 W • h per kilogram of body weight. Â This is about three times larger than existing lithium ion batteries. Â On the profile of research in this area is allocated $ 50 mln., But one-fifth of this amount is reserved for first-time developers in the area of the profile around the world.
The consortium was founded by several US academic institutions and IBM. Â "Locomotive" of the whole organization is considered the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, which is going to work to improve the technology and materials used to create electrolytes and electrodes. Â According to the consortium's founders, more advanced battery can be used not only in electric transport, but also domestic and industrial electricity storage systems. Â Scientists strive to make batteries
more capacious, reliable, safe and cheap.