AI Just Found the Future of Batteries, And It’s Not Lithium

Scitech Daily ^ | August 05, 2025 | New Jersey Institute of Technology

[Red Badger]

Ping!..............

[dangus]

This will probably take decades to develop, but then again, hype about a shortage of lithium is just plain silly.

[nuconvert]

They need to solve the fires issues

[z3n]

starting to look like a primitive version of the citric acid cycle for electron transfer.
Wait 'til AI discovers they need biologics for energy.

[OrioleFan]

new porous materials that could transform the development of multivalent-ion batteries.

The brains of democrat politicians are porous. /sarc

[Tell It Right]

If you're looking for an example of being able to store energy, think about who would live the longest in a food shortage.

[butlerweave]

Oh it’s a Potato

[ClearCase_guy]

"Multivalent-Ion batteries"

[montag813]

"Hey ChatGPT, what the hell! The test battery you designed exploded and our lab is destroyed!"

"Oh, you're right. I mistakenly put 2 multivalent ions where they weren't supposed to go. Sorry about that. Would you like a revised formula?"

[Red Badger]

I can’t believe it took an AI to conceive of this method.....................

[rktman]

Hopefully it won’t take eons to get the ions properly lined up.

[GingisK]

...hype about a shortage of lithium is just plain silly...

That's true. They call it a "rare earth" because it sounds cool.

[teeman8r]

i saw the Matrix... it’s us. we are the batteries of the future.

[wally_bert]

Rare Earth was a great band name.

[marktwain]

All the hype about a computer program identifying possible structures which might work.

The proof is in real world labs and manufacturing processes.

It would be great if one of the identified structures actually turns out to be usable for a practical, much improved battery.

All we have so far is a computer program which suggests a few structures which might work.

So much hype over so little actual progress.

[cyberaxe]

…now if they can program a bunch of Elon’s scary robots…

…to work nonstop in labs testing ways to manufacture…

…test and compile results of actual performance…

…we might not have to have 43 IPhone charging cables in every space we occupy…

[Carry_Okie]

Nothing about how they are going to make it. Blending that many elements at a borderline molecular level can’t be easy.

[ConservativeDude]

like fossil fuels?

[sphinx]

The enviros are already at work finding critical environmental reasons to block the use of any new materials.

They will be generously funded by China via various cutouts.