New solid-state battery material may cut production costs

Japanese scientists find workaround to need for vacuum processing

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

August 30, 2023 06:34 JST

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.