It sure looks interesting, more information here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14340.html If I did the math correctly it seems like it's in the 120-140 wh/kg range. Certainly usable for EVs.
Hopefully it makes it out of the lab. On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Ben Goren via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anybody know any more about this research? > > http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/aluminum-ion-battery-033115.html > > Aluminum anode; graphite cathode. Unspecified salt for the electrolyte. > > It's only about two volts. The rest of the specs are vague...nothing at > all about capacity. They claim super-fast charging times without indicating > how much energy the batteries actually take on. They claim several thousand > charge cycles. No mention of energy density per mass. The prototype is > bendable, in what looks for all the world like a mylar ziploc bag. They > show the battery being drilled into with minimal ill effect. > > I find it intriguing to consider for an electric vehicle...because a > super-fast charging time, if real, would similarly imply a super-fast > discharge rate. It gives the appearance of being technology within the > reach of an hobbyist to manufacture. Form factor is obviously quite > literally flexible. > > In other words...I can almost imagine building a battery like this, > myself, at home, to put into a car conversion. Or, if it's too heavy for > vehicles, then to stick in the closet to pair with the solar PV array. > > Any experts out there have any good water to throw over me? > > b& > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- www.electric-lemon.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150407/159719ca/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
