Nihon Keizai Shimbun (May 3, p. 35) published an article entitled “Yamagata University in Yonezawa starts to develop next-generation lithium-ion battery”. The article stated that Yamagata University will cooperate with major chemistry makers and set about the development of next-generation lithium ion battery. The research group by Prof. Hideya Yoshitake aims at the functional improvement of the separator, which is a main component of the lithium-ion battery, to attain a longer life and higher power of the battery. “Research center of electricity storage device” (tentative name) is built at next summer.
The related article was also published at the following newspaper.
May 2 Yomiuri Shimbun (the 23rd page) “Government supports a new research facility of the lithium-ion battery by Yamagata University.”