New Breakthrough in Electric Car Charging
Traditionally, an electric car is charged for about 10 hours, and fast charging still takes at least 30 minutes. If it were possible to charge electric cars as quickly as we refueled by traditional fuel, this would solve the problem of a shortage of places at charging stations.
The key point in the effectiveness of lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars is the ability of the anode to accumulate lithium ions. Professor Won Bay Kim of the University of Science and Technology (Postech) headed the research group, creating new material for the anode.
This team created nanolists of manganese ferrites using the innovative method, which increases the storage capacity of about 1.5 times higher than the theoretical limit. This method allows you to charge an electric car in just 6 minutes. The study was published in the journal advanced functional matrillas.
Professor Kim, the head of the study, expressed confidence that the new development can increase the duration of the batteries’ service and reduce the time of charging electric cars: “We have proposed a new way to overcome electrochemical restrictions on the traditional materials of the anode.”
The study was supported by the National Scientific Fund of Korea, the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea.