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Aluminum-ion battery technology: a rising star or a devastating fall?

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Israel Council for Higher Education (CHE) and Israel Fuel Choice Initiative, within the framework of the “Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical Propulsion” (INREP) and the Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP).

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Levy, N.R., Ein-Eli, Y. Aluminum-ion battery technology: a rising star or a devastating fall?. J Solid State Electrochem 24, 2067–2071 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-020-04598-y

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