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> For almost 10 years now we keep hearing about these wonderful new batteries that are just a couple years away. My dad showed me a copy of some of his popular
by Multicomp 6y ago
> For almost 10 years now we keep hearing about these wonderful new batteries that are just a couple years away.
My dad showed me a copy of some of his popular science magazines from back when the world was in black and white (the 70s) and even in those pages, there were amazing new batteries just around the corner.
Graphene batteries, nuclear batteries, carbon batteries, etc.
They never make it out of the hype train factory.
- dogma1138 6y agoSilicon–graphene is used in high voltage LiPo batteries, while Graphene was theorized in the late 1800’s and modeled in the 1950’s it hasn’t been isolated until 2004 where the first single layer Graphene was created using a sticky tape of all things. So while in the 70’s people were thinking about Graphene application because the physics were modeled and studied we didn’t had the ability to produce it and we still have limited ability to produce it at scale. This isn’t just about hype but rather what is possible with our current level of technology and manufacturing capabilities.