The quick charge gives drivers up to 200 miles per ten minute charge while maintaining 2,500 charging cycles, the researchers behind the study say. That is equivalent to over half a million miles throughout the battery’s life, a press release notes.
In the study, published on Wednesday in Joule, researchers from Penn State University describe an asymmetric approach to fast-charging batteries that mitigates the effects of natural degradation of the lithium-ion batteries. This is achieved by quickly charging at a high temperature and then storing the charge more slowly at a cooler temperature. The researchers found that this approach allowed the batteries to avoid performance loss usually created from "battery plaque," called lithium plating or solid-electrolyte-interphase (SEI) growth, which typically grows on batteries over time when exposed to heat.
This and many more breakthroughs are to be expected as EV adoption increases. The money is being put into many research projects around the world to solve the charge/storage challenge. We can fully expect that in 3 to 4 years we’ll be using different storage technology which is much better and likely cheaper too.
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#^New Battery Design Can Charge an Electric Car in 10 Minutes
The design, described in a new study, could get drivers on the road in the time it takes to brew a morning coffee.