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Designing batteries for easier recycling could avert a looming e-waste crisis

  • Written by Zheng Chen, Assistant Professor of Engineering, University of California San Diego
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As concern mounts over the impacts of climate change, many experts are calling for greater use of electricity as a substitute for fossil fuels. Powered by advancements in battery technology, the number of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on U.S. roads is increasing. And utilities...

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