Moscow State University creates batteries that will be 5 times more efficient than lithium-ion batteries

Russian scientists from Moscow State University are developing lithium-air batteries, which may replace lithium-ion batteries. They will be 5 times more efficient and will be able to revolutionize the creation of electric vehicles.

Researchers are faced with the challenge of developing a new type of battery that is lighter but more powerful at the same time. And one possible way to do this is to replace modern lithium-ion batteries with the so-called lithium-air, writes EukerAlert!

These batteries can store up to five times more energy than lithium-ion batteries. And they will be able to revolutionize the production of electric vehicles, which are now based on lithium-ion batteries.

But at the moment, lithium-air batteries cannot be charged more than once. If scientists succeed in solving this problem, the new type of battery will become closer to practical implementation, and it can be launched into production. Scientists assume that they will be able to get prototypes no earlier than 2020–2025. However, it is still difficult to predict whether such batteries will be cheaper than lithium-ion batteries.

Lithium-ion batteries also continue to be studied and improved today. So, it is known that when overheated, they can increase in size and even explode – scientists from Stanford University, for example, are solving this problem. But researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a different type of battery – a lithium-oxygen battery, created using nanoparticles.

Source: www.nanonewsnet.ru