cobalt-free batteries

“We are basically the first group that started thinking about the supply chain, or the pain point, that nickel will bring to the EV industry in a matter of, I would say, three to five years,” says Huolin Xin, UCI professor of physics & astronomy, lead author of a paper in Nature Energy on a new way to use nickel in lithium-ion batteries. Steve Zylius / UCI
Low-nickel batteries could lead to long-lasting, cobalt-free, lithium-ion batteries