Noticias ALEJANDRO Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 CATL made headlines around the world last August when it introduced the Shenxing battery, an LFP pack capable of adding 400 kilometers of range by stopping just 10 minutes on the charger. If that was a mate, now, less than a year later, the checkmate arrives. It is called Shenxing Plus, a battery that reaches four figures but recharges 600 km in 10 minutes. Hadn't we seen that? Yes. CATL itself announced a battery pack with 1,000 km of autonomy and very fast charges in 2022 with the Qilin battery. But while that was an NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) battery, the Shenxing Plus is the first lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery to exceed the 1,000 km mark. Both NMC and LFP chemistries are versions of the well-known lithium-ion battery. The NMC offers a higher energy density per weight than LFP batteries... but these are becoming po[CENSORED]r in the design of electric vehicles due to their easier to obtain materials, thermal stability and longer useful life. CATL assures that the Shenxing Plus reaches 205 Wh/kg (for this LFP chemistry the energy density ranges between 90 and 160 Wh/kg. They still do not reach the 255 of the Qilin, so for the same capacity it needs more weight, but It is still a brilliant achievement. They say they have combined new materials and structures, based on a 3D honeycomb material for the anode and a granular gradation technology for the cathode. according to the company) optimizes the internal space to achieve that energy density. Click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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