New solid-state battery material may cut production costs

Japanese scientists find workaround to need for vacuum processing

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Researchers at the the Tokyo Institute of Technology sought to develop a simpler method of producing all-solid-state batteries. (Photo by Kento Fukui)

KENTO FUKUI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A team of scientists in Japan has developed a new method of making all-solid-state batteries that could reduce the cost of mass production of this alternative to lithium-ion batteries.

The method, developed by a research group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, would allow battery materials to be exposed to air during manufacturing, reducing the need for expensive equipment -- a step toward making these batteries mainstream in electric vehicles.

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