A Battery Is a Dynamic and Crazy Place, And We Ain’t Li-Ion


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Apr 19 2018 47 mins   227

Today we're diving into everything you’re ever going to need to know about the tiny bricks that power all the devices on (and in) your person. We'll talk about some of the best batteries in the world, the oldest batteries ever found, what batteries actually are (they’re not what you think), and we even have a special guest to talk about the atomic movement of batteries!

We're digging deep into the physics and chemistry, design and possible future of these ubiquitous pieces of modern technology. It’s going to be shocking. Get it?

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Sources:

Unlocking the Potential of Cation-Disordered Oxides for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/343/6170/519

The Configurational Space of Rocksalt‐Type Oxides for High‐Capacity Lithium Battery Electrodes

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aenm.201400478

Solid electrolytes open doors to solid-state batteries

https://phys.org/news/2016-03-solid-electrolytes-doors-solid-state-batteries.html

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