Comment on AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 10 months ago"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.
Endorkend@kbin.social 10 months ago
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.
Tja@programming.dev 10 months ago
Mostly cobalt is also not accurate. There’s a small part of cobalt in some batteries.
Other like LiFePo are cobalt free.