Silicon Batteries

[GeoffF100]

How silicon could enable cheaper EVs, electric flight and more powerful batteries:

cnbc.com/video/2023/04/22/how-silicon-anode-batteries-could-bring-better-range-to-evs.html

[GrahamPlatt]

Interesting, but still leaves us hostage to lithium. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/ ... resources/

OTOH, if the promised 50% energy density improvement comes with the same quantity of lithium, one could argue that lithium requirements drop by 33%.

[ursaminortaur]

Interesting, but still leaves us hostage to lithium. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/ ... resources/

OTOH, if the promised 50% energy density improvement comes with the same quantity of lithium, one could argue that lithium requirements drop by 33%.

Maybe they will solve the problems with using sodium

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/15/boffins_bust_sodium_ion_battery/