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What are the hot topics in research and technology? What is Empa’s role in all of this? How are inventions from the lab turned into innovations that succeed in the market? EmpaQuarterly, our magazine for research and innovation, provides answers to these questions with interviews, portraits and exciting reports from our labs.

# 58 / October 2017 / Focus: Batteries of the future

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From cellphones and electric cars to storage batteries for apartment blocks: lithium ion batteries have taken the world by storm – and stoked the demand for electricity that is available around the clock. This poses two problems, however: firstly, high-performance batteries are flammable and have to be monitored while charging and discharging to make sure nothing happens.Secondly, the majority of lithium ion batteries come from Asia these days. The lifestyle in large parts of the world is, therefore, increasingly dependent on one supply region – much like during the oil crisis in the 1970s. It is clear that the popular lithium ion battery will eventually be replaced by new technologies. At Empa, several research teams are investigating potential solutions for the electricity conserves of the next few decades.

Rainer Klose

Rainer Klose
Editor EmpaQuarterly

Phone: +41 58 765 4733

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