Is China's new energy vehicle battery industry coevolutionary?

Empirically, we study the new energy vehicle battery (NEVB) industry in China since the early 2000s. In the case of China's NEVB industry, an increasingly strong and complicated coevolutionary relationship between the focal TIS and relevant policies at different levels of abstraction can be observed.

Are EV batteries based on Ni-rich layered cathodes better than libs?

To date, the EV batteries based on Ni-rich layered cathodes have achieved a milestone of 300 Wh kg −1 at the cell level, surpassing those LIBs using LiFePO 4 (LFP; 160–200 Wh kg −1) cathode chemistry.

Are lithium-ion batteries a viable alternative chemistry for e-mobility?

However, the rising demand for increasingly scarce critical metals, such as nickel, cobalt, and lithium,could bring about sustainability challenges. Beyond LIBs, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), Li–S batteries, and Li-air batteries have been investigated as alternative chemistries and technologies for e-mobility.

How does China SAE influence battery policymaking?

China SAE, as an intermediary organization, was the body coordinating vested interests during the whole process. In addition to the above-mentioned groups and actors that frequently participate in and influence battery policymaking, key entrepreneurs have also in recent years sought to influence policy through various channels.

Why do Chinese companies invest more in battery technology?

And because of the protection, as well as the efforts to domesticalise the battery value chain, the huge Chinese market was effectively restricted to domestic firms, and hence they could invest more in R&D and technology development and capture more added value (F2, F3).

What is the Li bond in batteries?

The Li bond in batteries is the key to understanding the host-guest interactions in working sulfur cathodes, Li-containing clusters in batteries, Li solvation structure in liquid electrolytes, and Li nucleation in Li-metal anodes (LMAs).