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Challenges and perspectives for new material solutions in batteries

SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

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SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS

Volume 303, Issue -, Pages -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2019.113733

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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European Union [785219]

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We outline main challenges for future research in batteries, particularly, addressing the urgent needs of developing new environmentally-friendly material solutions to enhance the energy density and safety of these storage devices. This will require embracing a multidisciplinary approach encompassing traditional electro-chemistry and experimental solid-state physics, multiscale computational modelling, materials synthesis, and advanced characterization and testing.

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