The major limitations of lithium-ion batteries are the unavailability of lithium in conjunction with the safety issues.
Sangaranarayanan Department of Chemistry, a chemistry professor at IIT Madras.
The other notable benefit of iron is its favorable physical and chemical properties, says the team.
These two favorable properties of iron have been overlooked for so many years.
And thats the reason why we dont have iron ion rechargeable batteries, the team added.
Additionally, this made-in India batteries also have an amazing power retention after multiple charge cycles.
The team has already started working on improving the performance of the iron-ion battery.
Since the electrolyte cannot be changed, the researchers are experimenting different cathode materials.
We are currently working on other kinds of battery electrochemistry using iron as one of the electrodes.
We are also trying to improve the stability of the battery.
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