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Chemistry is pretty much DONE for batteries. The only advancements possible are fairly limited and have to do with nanostructure of electrodes and electrolytes
by xyzzy21 5y ago
Chemistry is pretty much DONE for batteries.
The only advancements possible are fairly limited and have to do with nanostructure of electrodes and electrolytes which won't give more than 2x-5x. There are NO 10x, 100x, 1000x futures with batteries.
If you want 10x-100x, the answer is hydrocarbon fuels and nuclear energy. Period. Otherwise you are living in a fantasy bubble disconnected from STEM and factual reality.
- marcosdumay 5y agoPrice and durability are pretty much open problems. Ion exchange materials are a completely open problem. Structure of electrodes and electrolytes on dissolved chemical batteries are an open problem. Substrate for the ion exchange element of molten chemical batteries is a completely open problem. There's nothing done in grid battery chemistry. The only thing people have ever optimized for is energy density by weight, and this is an almost completely irrelevant dimension for that application.
- 71a54xd 5y agoGood thing Elon is funding the same anti-hydrogen lobbyists that the oil industry has employed for decades.
- pjc50 5y ago> 10x-100x 10x what?