Next-generation A123 cells (Manganese)
- Thread starter daniel.weck
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This is the extract I don't like to see though:
The A123Systems project is pursuing a second-generation nanomaterial that would replace some or all of the iron in A123 cells with manganese, increasing the battery’s energy density and therefore reducing cost per watt-hour.
For the sake of capacity gain and low initial cost this abandons the very long life potential that iron gives. Iron is by far the best of all the elements as a cathode material for lithium batteries, manganese more than half way down the scale of suitable materials.
Hopefully it will prove a dead end.
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The A123Systems project is pursuing a second-generation nanomaterial that would replace some or all of the iron in A123 cells with manganese, increasing the battery’s energy density and therefore reducing cost per watt-hour.
For the sake of capacity gain and low initial cost this abandons the very long life potential that iron gives. Iron is by far the best of all the elements as a cathode material for lithium batteries, manganese more than half way down the scale of suitable materials.
Hopefully it will prove a dead end.
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Sorry Dan.
I couldn't let the fact that it's not really in our e-biking interests in the longer term escape unnoticed.
However, something like 99.9% of all announcements on battery research and breakthoughs come to nothing anyway, so there's almost certainly nothing to worry about.
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