Lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries for the Chinese electric bike market and implications on future technology advancement

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 938-945

  Weinert, Jonathan X ^a   Burke, Andrew F ^a   Wei, Xuezhe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Battery; Electric bike; Electric scooter; Lithium ion; Valve regulated lead acid

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MARKETING; MOTORCYCLES;

ELECTRIC BIKE; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; VALVE REGULATED LEAD ACID;

LEAD ACID BATTERIES;

EID: 34748819458     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.05.044     Document Type: Article

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