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[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 177 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (41 children)

They designed and built a battery that uses up to 70 per cent less lithium than some competing designs.

This is probably a way of phrasing that means it's up to 70% less than the absolute most lithium-requiring designs that few/no one uses, and probably only marginally better than most designs actually used. Since they're very vague about it, I will be sceptical and assume it is way less revolutionary than the headline suggests.

[–] missing_forklift@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

you would know that if you read the article. they replaced part of lithium in electrolyte with sodium, so that they can use less lithium. the problem is decreased ion mobility ie less power density in real life terms.

Baker and Murugesan both say that lots of work is left to optimise the new battery.

bet

i'm gonna mostly ignore this finding because it sounds like extension of AI hype. real lab work is still absolutely critical in order to make it work

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

you would know that if you read the article.

I did read it, the snippet I used is from the last part of the article...

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