Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A consortium of the nation’s best battery scientists, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will accelerate the commercialization of a new battery cathode material called DRX or “disordered rock salt.”  DRX cathodes could provide batteries with higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion battery cathodes made of nickel and cobalt, two metals that are in critically short supply.

newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/09/11/new-consortium-to-make-ev-batteries-more-sustainable

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