Ultra-low temperature batteries could one day power EVs and spacecraft

UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Podcast

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new electrolytes that enable lithium batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance -- in comparison, today's lithium-ion batteries stop working at -20 degrees Celsius. The new electrolytes also enable electrochemical capacitors to run as cold as -80 degrees Celsius -- their current limit is -40 degrees Celsius. Press release: http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=2235