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Electric aircraft on the horizon as Monash commercialises rapid-charge lithium-sulfur battery technology
https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/electric-aircraft-on-the-horizon-as-monash-commercialises-rapid-charge-lithium-sulfur-battery-technologyElectric aircraft on the horizon as Monash commercialises rapid-charge lithium-sulfur battery technology
26 November 2024
Monash University engineers have developed an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery, capable of powering long-haul EVs and commercial drones.
With rapid charging times, the lightweight Li-S batteries could soon power drones, with electric aircraft a future possibility. Researchers aim to demonstrate the technology in commercial drones and electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOL) within a year
The breakthrough research, a decade in the making and published today in Advanced Energy Materials, marks a transformative step in renewable battery technology and sets a new benchmark for practical lithium-sulfur prototypes.
The paper’s first author, Maleesha Nishshanke, a PhD candidate at the Monash Nanoscale Science and Engineering Lab (NSEL) said the novel batteries doubled the energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries and were much lighter.
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https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.20240309226 November 2024
Monash University engineers have developed an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery, capable of powering long-haul EVs and commercial drones.
With rapid charging times, the lightweight Li-S batteries could soon power drones, with electric aircraft a future possibility. Researchers aim to demonstrate the technology in commercial drones and electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOL) within a year
The breakthrough research, a decade in the making and published today in Advanced Energy Materials, marks a transformative step in renewable battery technology and sets a new benchmark for practical lithium-sulfur prototypes.
The paper’s first author, Maleesha Nishshanke, a PhD candidate at the Monash Nanoscale Science and Engineering Lab (NSEL) said the novel batteries doubled the energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries and were much lighter.
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