What if a common element rather than scarce, expensive ones was a key component in electric car batteries?

Iron could be key to less expensive, greener lithium-ion batteries

28-May-2024 - A collaboration co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher is hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries. The findings, published in Science Advances, are important for ...