This seems like a really big deal. Two important quotes: The findings [...] could help remove a major barrier to developing lithium-sulfur and lithium-air batt

This seems like a really big deal. Two important quotes: The findings [...] could help remove a major barrier to developing lithium-sulfur and lithium-air batteries, promising future technologies that could store up to 10 times more energy per weight than batteries now used in consumer electronics and electric cars In tests, batteries with both chemicals added operated at 99 percent efficiency after more than 300 charge-discharge cycles, compared to significantly decreased efficiency after 150 cycles for batteries treated with lithium nitrate alone