Why Solid-State Batteries are here (and why that matters)

[@ronniemanuel6287]

Great video ! Very interesting subject and very informative 👍 thanks

[@NetZeroTech]

Thank you very much, Ronnie! 🙏 I really appreciate it! 😀

[@hg2.]

AGW is a load of it. Just burn coal. Decarbonization is 21st century pyramid building.

[@LourdVicious]

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[@NetZeroTech]

Thank you so much for the info! Much appreciated! Have a great week! Katha

[@hg2.]

AGW is a load of it. Just burn coal. Decarbonization is 21st century pyramid building.

[@truhartwood3170]

Main thing for me is the tsunami of investments into battery tech. We really just need 50% more capacity to kiss range anxiety goodbye (say 800km/500mi) coupled with better charging infrastructure (already growing at an insane pace) and faster charging speeds (10-12min is plenty and we're already getting very close to that. With 800km range you could drive for 7hrs non-stop. You'd definitely need more than 10min to stretch, pee and eat at that point!). The other main factor is cost, which is also coming down quickly. By the end of the decade, a base-level EV will be cheaper and better than a base-level ICE car. So I don't really see that we *need* solid state batteries to make a full transition for personal vehicles, and we may see completely different tech than the classic chemical battery that shatters all expectations. I think the real. Question is: once we get road transport covered, when can we get planes and boats converted to batteries? (and no, I don't think hydrogen is a good alternative - if you think it is, you don't know enough about it)

[@NetZeroTech]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Kissing the range anxiety goodbye, that's the way to put it. 😀 Experts agree it's irrational, when it comes to ~99% of travel. Yes, I agree, we don't *need* them. It's a race of cost and speed-to-market. I also agree that hydrogen is not the right way to go for mobility (see studio.kzbin.info_ozs-mohA88/edit). Hydrogen is crucial for other industries such as fertilizers, refineries, chemicals and in the future for steel production, etc.. Thank you again! Much appreciated. 🙏 Let me know if you have any suggestions for future videos. Katha

[@devlinmcguire7543]

Good video. :)

[@NetZeroTech]

Thank you! 🙏 Much appreciated! 😀

[@devlinmcguire7543]

I haven't researched it or watched a video on it yet but, I heard that China made a long lived nuclear battery or something. What are your thoughts on this?

[@NetZeroTech]

Yes, I read about it. 👍 Not so sure, if it’s a good idea… Thanks for sharing!

[@truhartwood3170]

It's very low power. Good for sensors or medical implants. If scaled, it may be enough power to trickle charge a regular battery inside a smartwatch. Not enough power for a phone or anything yet. Definitely not scaleable to a car. I would sure love having a small flashlight (even if it's fairly weak) or earbuds or a watch or other small/low power devices like that that will never run out of power in my lifetime. If they could scale it up to a phone that would be super awesome!

[@NetZeroTech]

I'm a bit skeptical, when it comes to nuclear fission waste... I'm curious to see, how long nuclear fusion will take to become economic... We already have private investments in the space. Could easily still be several decades...

[@truhartwood3170]

@@NetZeroTech I think they're talking about the diamond batteries, aka "betavoltaic cells" that use the decay of nuclear waste (which generates beta particles) to generate electricity. They'd be using carbon-14 harvested from the surface of graphite blocks used in nuclear reactors. Pretty sure they're not talking about fussion, which just makes helium as a byproduct, so not particularly useful for batteries.

[@devlinmcguire7543]

@@truhartwood3170 yes! This was exactly what I was referring to, with the diamond batteries. If anything... at least it would be fuel efficient to use for low power back up generators or something like that. Though I think it may take up a huge amount of apace, so I don't know what applications it would be useful for due to rhw low power and high space/weight. But once it's there it can still leak out power for a very very long time. Also I am a he.

[@andrewzanas9387]

CATL battery corp has moved away from solid state batteries. Their version works with a lithium anode, significantly lowering the base cost while producing 500 kilowatt hr density. batteries with total 1000 kilometer range/charge.They've also found a way to limit dendrite growth. Their battery has demonstrated zero degradation over the first 5 yrs of use

[@NetZeroTech]

Yes! I've seen that. 💡 Very exciting. 🙏 Thank you very much for sharing! I'm also very excited that the US might be able to supply its own lithium demands. 👍

[@MrSaltybloke]

I can't help thinking that the charging infrastructure investment will be prohibitive to further development of battery capacity/performance I recently had a toyota corolla hybrid as a long term rental. It sipped petrol/gasoline at a rate of 2.9L per 100km with ease, and down to 2.6L per 100km if my driving style and conditions allowed it. I was really surprised at how seamless the fuel/electric powertrain operation was in real life. Given potential advancements in regenerative capacity (via the suspension system, heat or even cost effective incorporation of solar panels on the roof) it is plausible that fuel economy could be improved further - without additional battery capacity. IMO, increased battery capacity/performance seems pointless once (real world) fuel economy drops below 2L per 100 kilometers - given the existing investment in gasoline production/distribution.

[@NetZeroTech]

Thank you for watching and commenting. 🙏 Great points. Indeed hardware, in particular infrastructure is slow to change. I think it the transition is still on the onset, but it is already happening. I expect a decrease of investments in gas stations, as more and more people switch to EVs. It will take several decades... I also think we already have more battery capacity than 99% of people need in practice. 😀

[@MrSaltybloke]

@@NetZeroTech It will be an interesting couple of decades to be sure. The investment in gasoline infrastructure goes well beyond gas stations. Refining oil (unfortunately) also creates many products we take for granted - plastics etc... Re-balancing economies away from fossil fuels will be a challenge to say the least, since there is broad intermeshing that most consumers don't fully understand. Pure EVs certainly have their place and battery technology will improve, but equally battery recycling tech needs to improve to cope with increased consumer uptake of this product (perhaps before we get too excited about the next battery breakthrough). Maybe the implications of all this might make for an interesting future video.

[@NetZeroTech]

Hi @MrSaltybloke, Thank you so much for watching and sharing your thoughts! 🙏 I agree, there is a lot that goes into an infrastructure change from combustion engines to battery-based vehicles. And it could indeed be an interesting future video. I wonder if I have the editing capabilities to make the most of this kind of content. I put it on my list of future video ideas. Thank you! 😀 Katha

[@Pertence75]

Hi, are you an AI channel or real human channel? I'm making sure to subscribe on real human channels before AI's channels invasion...

[@NetZeroTech]

Hi, I’m a real human. 🙂 Thanks you for watching and subscribing! 🙏 Katha