The battery industry favours natural graphite for anodes in lithium-ion drive batteries; synthetic graphite appears too expensive. But with the anticipated boom in EVs, how can the security of supply of natural graphite be ensured? Michael Steinrötter of SGL, warns of unpleasant surprises.
Lithium-ion batteries are the energy storage devices of choice in many high-tech applications. In portable electronic devices such as cell phones, camcorders or laptops – the "3C market" – they have largely superseded nickel-metal hybrid batteries. Now they are on their way to conquering the rapidly growing market for hybrid and . . .
to continue reading this article...
Sign up to any Premium subscription to continue reading
To read this article, and get access to all the Premium content on bestmag.co.uk, sign up for a Premium subscription.
view subscription optionsAlready Subscribed? Log In