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Re:Solid-state battery startup claims breakthrough for elect... by mrfusion on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:12PM (#17962908)
Does solid state imply it won’t wear out? That alone would be a huge deal.
Re:Solid-state battery startup claims breakthrough for elect... by hcknwscommenter on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:16PM (#17962948)
In short. No. Two big issues with current state of the art solid-state batteries are i) the amount of current that the batteries can handle is typically low at least because the conductivity of the solid-state elecrolyte is much less than a typical liquid electrolyte; and ii) cycle life is low at least because small defects in the electrolyte/electrode (cathode and/or anode) interface(s) are not self-healing. In a liquid electrolyte, the liquid can accommodate more changes at the interface because it is liquid.
Re:Solid-state battery startup claims breakthrough for elect... by sometimesijust on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @09:37PM (#17964950)
While i and ii might be "typically" true it is not the case for the "current state of the art". See research by the Sakamoto group at umich.