QuantumScape Brushes Off Solid-State Battery Skeptics
The US startup QuantumScape is moving ahead with plans to manufacture a solid-state battery with a self-forming lithium-metal anode.
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Hybrid Batteries From SES, Recycled Batteries From Northvolt
Advances in solid state batteries and battery recycling are accelerating.
USA’s Battery500 Initiative Has Achieved Li-Metal Battery Energy Density Of 350 Wh/kg
Toward the end of President Obama’s time in office, the US Department of Energy (DOE) launched a “Battery500 Consortium.” The goal is in the name: reaching 500 Wh/kg battery energy density with lithium-metal battery cells, a target which was reportedly triple the battery energy density at the time.
The Lithium Metal Battery Is (Almost) Here
Pellion Technologies of Woburn, Massachusetts is the first company to sell lithium metal batteries to commercial customers. They aren’t ready for electric cars or grid storage yet, but may be precursors to the batteries of the future.
