UC Irvine team creates long-lasting, cobalt-free, low-nickel lithium-ion batteries

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By mmillikinJun 16, 2023, 9:00 am177 pts
In a discovery that could reduce or even eliminate the use of cobalt—which is often mined using child labor—in the batteries that power electric cars and other products, scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have developed a long-lasting alternative made with nickel. In a paper published…

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