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   3 times more capacity than Li-Ion and faster charging for more recharges.   
      
   https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/28/goodenough-introduces-new-battery-technology   
      
   AUSTIN, Texas — A team of engineers led by 94-year-old John Goodenough,   
   professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of   
   Texas at Austin and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has   
   developed the first all-solid-state battery cells that could lead to   
   safer, faster-charging, longer-lasting rechargeable batteries for   
   handheld mobile devices, electric cars and stationary energy storage.   
   Maria Helena Braga   
      
   Pictured: Maria Helena Braga.   
      
   Goodenough’s latest breakthrough, completed with Cockrell School senior   
   research fellow Maria Helena Braga, is a low-cost all-solid-state   
   battery that is noncombustible and has a long cycle life (battery life)   
   with a high volumetric energy density and fast rates of charge and   
   discharge. The engineers describe their new technology in a recent paper   
   published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.   
      
   “Cost, safety, energy density, rates of charge and discharge and cycle   
   life are critical for battery-driven cars to be more widely adopted. We   
   believe our discovery solves many of the problems that are inherent in   
   today’s batteries,” Goodenough said.   
      
   The researchers demonstrated that their new battery cells have at least   
   three times as much energy density as today’s lithium-ion batteries. A   
   battery cell’s energy density gives an electric vehicle its driving   
   range, so a higher energy density means that a car can drive more miles   
   between charges. The UT Austin battery formulation also allows for a   
   greater number of charging and discharging cycles, which equates to   
   longer-lasting batteries, as well as a faster rate of recharge (minutes   
   rather than hours).   
      
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