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This is a major and well known issue where many organizations are working to find an alternative to Cobalt in batteries. Building Better Cathodes Without Cobal
by Tagbert 5y ago
This is a major and well known issue where many organizations are working to find an alternative to Cobalt in batteries.
Building Better Cathodes Without Cobalt -
https://www.batterytechonline.com/materials/building-better-cathodes-without-cobalt https://www.batterytechonline.com/materials/building-better-...
Cobalt Banished From New Electric Vehicle Batteries -
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/01/07/cobalt-banished-from-new-lithium-ion-electric-vehicle-batteries/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/01/07/cobalt-banished-from-ne...
Reducing Reliance on Cobalt for Lithium-ion Batteries -
https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/reducing-reliance-cobalt-lithium-ion-batteries https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/reducing-relia...
Tesla to make EV battery cathodes without cobalt -
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21451670/tesla-cobalt-free-cathodes-mining-battery-nickel-ev-cost#:~:text=Tesla%20started%20working%20with%20Chinese%20battery%20company%20Contemporary,kind%20of%20battery%20will%20come%20with%20new%20challenges https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21451670/tesla-cobalt-fre....
- toomuchtodo 5y agoLFP chemistry seems to be the current winner for stationary storage (Tesla Megapacks) and standard range (versus long range, more energy dense chemistries) EVs, and it contains neither nickel nor cobalt. It should be appreciated the speed at which battery consumers for products are attempting to move away from conflict minerals as an input.