By Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL has a track record of developing innovative electrolytes, liquid or solid, for a wide variety of applications. Some of the new electrolytes stabilize lithium-metal anodes, while others enable fast charging or push the cell’s voltage higher to store more energy. Fundamental science underpins every improved design we study, but our researchers keep the end goal in mind. We consider not only the cost of new raw materials but the cost of processing them into working systems as well, so that new discoveries that work in the lab are economically viable in the real world.
