Clay-like electrolyte enables charge clustering for fast battery charging, longer life

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-factors-battery.html

"cheaper, scalable... solid lithium-chloride and gallium-fluoride electrolyte designed and synthesized in 2021... now found that combination used charge clustering, weaken the bond between the lithium and the other components, lithium can move faster, more efficiently through electrolyte... fast charging, longer life... it's not purely solid; it's more clay-like improving contact between electrolyte and electrodes,.. solid-state electrolytes using sodium, calcium, or magnesium"

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