Researchers are hoping that a new, low-cost battery which holds four times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries and is far cheaper to produce will significantly reduce the cost of transitioning to a decarbonised economy.
It’s true this stuff tends to get hyped up, but I do think there’s a lot more incentive to create batteries that last longer nowadays due to prevalence of electric vehicles and power hungry mobile devices. A lot of the time the roadblock isn’t with technology not working, but rather with companies not willing to spend the resources to make mass production practical.
It’s true this stuff tends to get hyped up, but I do think there’s a lot more incentive to create batteries that last longer nowadays due to prevalence of electric vehicles and power hungry mobile devices. A lot of the time the roadblock isn’t with technology not working, but rather with companies not willing to spend the resources to make mass production practical.