Multiple national governments are subsidizing the development
of new battery chemistries and production facilities.
Not exact matches
As you'll soon find out, the answer is one part
chemistry, one part psychology, and two parts the answer to a counter-question: Who really wants to be the first to drive with a
new type
of battery that hasn't benefited from two decades
of development?
«The
batteries last for about 5,000 recharge cycles, giving them an estimated 15 - year lifespan,» said Sri Narayan, professor
of chemistry at the USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences and corresponding author
of a paper describing the
new batteries that was published online by the Journal
of the Electrochemical Society on June 20.
Researchers at the Department
of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a
new and unconventional
battery chemistry aimed at producing
batteries that last longer than previously thought possible.
By tweaking existing
battery chemistries or inventing
new chemistries altogether, university researchers and startup companies have managed to increase the energy density, cycle life, energy efficiency, and safety
of numerous potential grid
battery technologies.
Among the areas
of research that inspire Dr. Cui are: the development
of new technologies to further the development
of electric transportation; creating
new battery chemistry for grid - scale storage at ultra-low cost; and harnessing low - cost technologies for the development
of catalysts for efficient carbon dioxide reduction and conversion into highly valuable products and inert carbon - hydrogen bond activation.
And A123 Systems, a spin - off from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, is now promoting a
new lithium
battery technology which combines a novel lithium - ion phosphate
chemistry with nanoscale materials that increase the surface area
of the electrodes.
It is also a bit
of a different challenge for Tesla, as it tends to be tougher to improve class leading
battery performance than catch up, and indeed much improvement for the NCA cells used in the Tesla S may require very
new chemistry.