AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working battery – it requires up to 70 percent less lithium than some competing designs.
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OK, but is the energy density comparable?
"His team built a working battery with this material, albeit with a lower conductivity than similar prototypes that use more lithium."
I do know that because of Ohm's law, this directly translates to less available current than conventional electrolytes. There's not enough info to determine mAh though.
Yeah, batteries internal resistance is a huge factor in their usability and the speed they charge.
Especially in the modern day where a lot of their use is towards high amperage applications like cars.
People need to understand tho, Lithium batteries are usually only about 11% lithium, Lithium Ion batteries are mostly Cobalt and other metals. So at most you're replacing 6% of a batteries total mass.
Mostly cobalt is also not accurate. There's a small part of cobalt in some batteries.
Other like LiFePo are cobalt free.
All energy density is comparable. That’s what makes it energy density.
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