New Electrolyte Enables Batteries to Run at Ultra-low Temperatures (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new electrolytes that enable lithium batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance -- in comparison, today's lithium-ion batteries stop working at -20 degrees Celsius. The new electrolytes also enable electrochemical capacitors to run as cold as -80 degrees Celsius -- their current limit is -40 degrees Celsius. Research was conducted in the

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David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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