STUTTGART — The long-standing mechanical barrier separating solid-state lithium batteries from mass automotive adoption has finally been breached. In findings published Wednesday in Nature Energy, researchers at the Max Planck Institute demonstrated an electro-ceramic separator that self-heals micro-fractures before lithium dendrites can cause short circuits.
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“The hybrid separator demonstrated 96.4% capacity retention after 4,000 ten-minute fast-charge cycles.”
“Independent synchrotron X-ray diffraction tests verified complete dendrite blunting at the grain boundaries.”