Professor Itaru Honma group, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM) Tohoku University, has succeeded in the development of a high capacity Co & Ni free lithium secondary battery using organic crystalline cathodes.

This project has been supported by the FIRST Program (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology; "Innovative Basic Research toward creation of high performance battery," by Core Researcher of Professor Noritaka Mizuno, The University of Tokyo) .

The details of this investigation are published online in an academic journal "Scientific Reports" under Nature Publishing Group(UK). The paper's title is "Rechargeable quasi-solid state lithium battery with organic crystalline cathode."

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