Lowest temperature to charge a lithium-ion battery
- Who
- Vilas Pol Energy Research (ViPER) group at Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
- What
- -100 degree(s) Celsius
- Where
- United States (West Lafayette)
- When
- 21 December 2022
The lowest temperature to charge a lithium-ion battery is -100 C (-148 F), and was achieved by Vilas Pol Energy Research (ViPER) group at Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University (USA) in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, on 21 December 2022.
The ViPER research groups aims to overcome the current functional limitations of lithium-ion batteries functioning at low temperatures. Applications include potential use in the space program, along with consumer devices.