Moving Beyond Lithium-Ion — A Chat With Leading Battery Researcher Kimberly See

Credit to Author: Harry Stoltz| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:00:14 +0000

[Intercalation chemistry relies on the act of inserting an ion into the lattice of a material/ Diagram courtesy of Kimberly See]One of the researchers at the cutting edge of battery chemistry is Kimberly See, an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Caltech. I sat down with Kim and had a chat about the exciting things that she and her lab are working on

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The Nobel Prize, Exxon & The Beginning Of A Battery Revolution

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:10:56 +0000

Tesla Service Cars JRR | CleanTechnicaIt would be hard to think of any technology more critical to today’s technological wonders than the lithium-ion battery, which is found in everything from tiny hearing aids to giant power plants. Three pioneers of our “rechargeable world” — John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino — have now won a well-deserved Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in developing lithium-ion energy storage technology (as reported by Bloomberg)

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