Scientists illuminate barrier to next-generation battery that charges very quickly

Tech Explore ^ | JANUARY 30, 2023 | by Stanford University

[glorgau]

Well, box up that tech and ship it to China!

[Dr. Sivana]

I do not think the author knows what “inflammable” means.

[Yo-Yo]

"Just modest indentation, bending or twisting of the batteries can cause nanoscopic fissures in the materials to open and lithium to intrude into the solid electrolyte causing it to short circuit," explained senior author William Chueh, an associate professor of materials science and engineering in the School of Engineering, and of energy sciences and engineering in the new Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

Sounds like an ideal candidate technology to survive the rigors of an Electric Vehicle driving on Michigan roads strewn with potholes.

[Jonty30]

They need to replace lithium with something else that is cheap and renewable before I will buy into the idea of batteries.

[gundog]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6vAN88SxTRE

[Irenic]

EV is not the future.

[central_va]

Maybe we could train large draft animals to obey us and pull us around in carts. I give you the future of personal transportation:

[KarlInOhio]

If they have short circuiting failures then inflammable is probably the right word.

[Dr. Sivana]

If they have short circuiting failures then inflammable is probably the right word.

Well, that would be at odds with this paragraph later in the same article:
Many of today's leading solid electrolytes are ceramic. They enable fast transport of lithium ions and physically separate the two electrodes that store energy. Most importantly, they are fireproof.

[willgolfforfood]

Oddly, I think it’s the same thing as ‘flammable’. Isn’t the English language wonderful!

[Mr. K]

Either it flams, or it doesn’t flam...

[Dr. Sivana]

Oddly, I think it’s the same thing as ‘flammable’. Isn’t the English language wonderful!

Yes on both. A professional writer should not use words whose meaning he knows not. Our mongrel language IS wonderful.

[BereanBrain]

also, just recently we figured out how to make concrete that last thousands of years rather than 10-30 like our modern concrete. Some concrete from Roman times is still going strong, and researchers discovered the secret.

What was though to be a defect (inferior composition) is key to the concrete surviving centuries

How? When stress cracks form, small inclusions of scorched lime disintegrate from water and flow through the cracks, healing the concrete.

Our modern concrete does not have these inclusions, thus over time the cracks grow until the whole structure is compromised.

Similar situation to the Lithium batteries, perhaps they can find a analogous ability.

[_longranger81]

Inflammable was used in the early days of caution signs to mean able to be inflamed or combustible, with the predictable confusion. They resolved it to either flammable or non-flammable. It could be a Brit holdover maybe, or someone who’s been asleep since the 1930’s or so.

[Dr. Sivana]

Inflammable was used in the early days of caution signs to mean able to be inflamed or combustible

I saw "Inflammable" warning signs in my childhood in the '70s. It was well-known that "Flammable" and "Inflammable" were synonyms despite the prefix, probably because both words developed in parallel.

[Carriage Hill]

It’s another fad, as it was 1895-1915, and will disappear in 7 years, leaving many world mfgrs with TRILLIONS in unsold inventory, parts and plants rusting away in abandoned fields.

[systemjim]

I do not think the author knows what “inflammable” means.

I Caught that right off. I don't think this speaks well for the high and mighty Stanford University.

[steve86]

Inflammable was commonly used in my youth (and this was a couple-three decades after the 1930s) to mean capable of burning.

[Irenic]

Oh no, too much backend pollution.

It will be the communist utopia of small sardine towns and bicycles for travel.

It will be a thrill and a treat to leave the assigned room and ride a bike. Although, bike rides must be limited because they will cause the to production of too much carbon dioxide.

Perhaps their little towns will be bicycle powered and people will ride in shifts.

Look at the city pound, that’s the framework of what they want and a fine high quality cricket kibble for the meals. Elites like Gates/Soros etc will be the jailers carrying the keys.

That’s the vision that they’ve given me to believe.