Brainboxes find new way to revive dead lithium-ion batteries

Scientists led by Finland’s Aalto University have a found a way to revive lithium-ion batteries and to facilitate their reuse, pv magazine reports. “Re-lithiation” explained The process, called “re-lithiation,” aims tο reverse the gradual loss of lithium which accounts for the battery’s performance loss.  Through an electrolysis process the scientists managed to rejuvenate lithium in battery electrodes, and then compared the performance of the “refreshed” electrodes with those from a brand new battery. According to the results, the re-lithiation process succeeded, and the capability and recharge capacity of the old battery were almost the same as in brand new ones. The advantages This doesn’t really mean that…

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