A team at the US Department of Energy 's Lawrence Berkeley Battery laboratory has conducted pioneering research into the use of " disordered " materials in cathodes . Such materials have higher potential for energy savings than current lithium batteries , and greater understanding of how to create them opens the way to using more easily available ingredients in battery production . The researchers also demonstrated that the new batteries can be recycled , a process that further increases their capacity .
A team at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has conducted pioneering research into the use of "disordered" materials in cathodes. Such materials have higher potential for energy storage than current lithium batteries, and greater understanding of how to create them opens the way to using more easily available ingredients in battery production. The researchers also demonstrated that the new materials can be fluorinated, a process that further increases their capacity.