New Type of Battery Created That Can Charge 10x Faster Than Lithium-Ion Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com ^ | APRIL 9, 2021 | By ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY

[Da Coyote]

Hopefully, this will prove to be successful.

Then we can go to lots of electric cars.

Oops, that’s after we improve our grid.

And get reliable generating capacity (e.g., NOT solar & wind).

And harden the grid against solar (and Chinese) EMP.

Hmmmm, too bad we don’t have a government containing any folks who are actually capable of understanding science instead of screaming that we should ‘follow it’.

[rigelkentaurus]

LOL - new battery. I’m positive that this announcement has been issued monthly for decades.

[volunbeer]

While many of these stories oversell and under-deliver on the promised technology, it is all but certain that we will see a huge leap in battery technology in the next few years. It is now one of the most studied fields of science because whomever finds the next great formula will reap the benefit.

It will be a game changer.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Don’t worry, Pete Buttigieg is on the case.

[Seruzawa]

[adorno]

Then we can go to lots of electric cars.

Oops, that’s after we improve our grid.

If all electric ever happens, then, there will need to be a 'grid' of different sorts for charging/recharging electric vehicles. Something like, gas stations with the capabilities of recharging EVs quickly, and no more than 15 minutes to recharge.

If the business and residential grids were to be tapped for EVs recharges, we'd see humongous problems, especially if most people were to go the way of EVs.

[wildcard_redneck]

While many of these stories oversell and under-deliver on the promised technology, it is all but certain that we will see a huge leap in battery technology in the next few years. It is now one of the most studied fields of science because whomever finds the next great formula will reap the benefit.

It will be a game changer.

Yes they will. I expect the biggest impact to be in small aircraft, small drones, and personal electronics, not electric cars.

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[ConservativeDude]

if we improve transmission (ie, wireless transmission) then new opportunities for generation (ie, hydro) become realistic...and with bitcoin mining at the source (ie, hydro), that operation becomes instantly profitable (ie, midstream and all of its infrastructure is eliminated), and new uses will move closer to the source of power generation (ie, data centers?)

and, if those new/better batteries become more mobile, then coupled with wireless transmission....we have something like a “mobile grid”....

perhaps the national security solution will eventually come with “micro grids”....not big vulnerable grids that need improving to your point

in any event....there’s a lot going on in the world and real possibilities

(at least I think so lol)

[GOP_Party_Animal]

If the business and residential grids were to be tapped for EVs recharges, we'd see humongous problems, especially if most people were to go the way of EVs.

Imagine how useful small-scale nuclear reactors could be for solving those problems though.

[volunbeer]

I think the big money at the outset will be in consumer electronics, but the real game changer will be in large capacity storage for transportation and electrical grids.

This opens the door to all kinds of possibilities.

[volunbeer]

I have to admit.... I have been blessed to drive a lot of high-dollar sportscars, some with insane power. The new Tesla is INCREDIBLE.

The performance is stunning and it is the smoothest vehicle imaginable. I am a well reformed “environmentalist” who has spent decades studying the subject and my natural tendency was to hate electric cars because of the politics of the subject and government subsidies, but driving the Tesla completely changed my opinion about those vehicles.

From a pure performance metric minus the issue of “range” they are a winner.

[TimSkalaBim]

Always wondered what powered Richard Scarry’s pickle cars....

[dynachrome]

Will it cost 20x a regular battery?

[BiglyCommentary]

Enough already with these “super fantastic” battery breakthroughs. Been reading these regularly for years and years and yet never see anything hit the market.

[alternatives?]

Aren’t most polymers made from crude oil? Crude oil is evil. We can’t use it or we all will die. /s

[BiglyCommentary]

What model specifically?

[cymbeline]

“Part of 2-part request.”

What about emissions. Are the electric power plants less polluting per kwh than cars? I don’t mean nuclear.

An earlier post mentioned the pollution resulting from the manufacture of batteries. The cars’ emission footprint needs to be added to that.

[TnTnTn]

Yawn....undoubtedly battery technology will continue to improve...the elephant in the room is where is all the energy going to come from to charge all the batteries? It won’t be wind and solar or more hydro...converting one type of energy source to another is not 100% efficient...so probably 10% or more of the energy is lost during transformation...right now we have coal(on the way out), nuclear(not favored) and petroleum (hated by the rats and greenies)...so what’s left....cold fusion?....or horse and buggy 19th century existence....