Thailand agrees to fund Zinc-ion batteries for electric vehicles

A Thai tech executive director says Thailand’s government has agreed to fund 192 billion baht to asset finding for the development and production of zinc-ion batteries for electric vehicles. The executive director of the National Science and Technology Development Agency says the funding will go to the agency for the project. The Thai government has swung their full support around the manufacture of components for, and full production of, electric vehicles in Thailand, aka. EVs.

A zinc-ion battery or Zn-ion battery uses zinc ions (Zn²⁺) as the charge carriers. Specifically, ZIBs utilise Zn as the anode, Zn-intercalating materials as the cathode, and a Zn-containing electrolyte. The term zinc-ion battery is reserved for rechargeable batteries, also referred to as rechargeable zinc metal batteries. ^{Thus, ZIBs are different than non-rechargeable batteries which use zinc, such as…}