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Rubber material holds key to long-lasting, safer EV batteries

For electric vehicles (EVs) to become mainstream, they need cost-effective, safer, longer-lasting batteries that won’t explode during use or harm the environment. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology may have found a promising alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries made from a common material: rubber.

Elastomers, or synthetic rubbers, are widely used in consumer products and advanced technologies such as wearable electronics and soft robotics because of their superior mechanical properties. The researchers found that the material, when formulated into a 3D structure, acted as a superhighway for fast lithium-ion transport with superior mechanical toughness, resulting in longer charging batteries that can go farther.  The research, conducted in collaboration with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, was published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Inconventional lithium-ion batteries, ions are moved by a liquid electrolyte. However, the battery is inherently unstable: even the slightest damage can leak into the electrolyte, leading to explosion or fire. The safety issues have forced the industry to look at solid-state batteries, which can be made using inorganic ceramic material or organic polymers.

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Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969 [via Ivy League Look].

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Okay so i just found John Young’s college yearbook and i can’t breathe because OHMYGOD the candid photos section. i can’t decide whether to laugh at his old man cardigan or cry at the fact that guys don’t look like this anymore.

Re-posting here because GIANT SWEATER on EXTREMELY NARROW PERSON.

Outstanding.

He looks dreamy, lbr here.

Courtney, I’m a straight male and even I think John Young always looks dreamy.

Architecture school party in Atlanta

(Paul Schutzer. n.d.)