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There's actually a startup, TexPower, that is working on a cobalt-free lithium-nickel battery:

https://innovation.uh.edu/companies/texpower

The founder, Arumugam Manthiram, published several papers on the topic, introducing promising new chemistries:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/adma.2020027... (nickel-manganese-aluminium)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/aenm.2... (nickel-aluminium-titanium-magnesium)

https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/313056/1-s2.0-S240582972... (review)

Seems promising. The lead candidate previously for matching cobalt without the cobalt was lithium-vanadium-phosphate, but it has a variable voltage output that makes it difficult to work with.



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