IBM announces battery breakthrough (12-18-19)

[RubberToe]

IBM announces battery technology breakthrough

All major elements can be sources from sea water...

• It can reach a power density of more than 10,000 watts per liter;
• It can reach an energy density of more than 800 watt hours per liter, which is comparable to modern lithium ion batteries;
• It has an energy efficiency (defined by IBM as "the ratio of the energy to discharge the battery over the energy to charge the battery") of over 90%.

 

[Brando]

great news
sadly some misinformation: Li-Ion batteries bad for en

 

[UCF3]

Hopefully it can work at scale production

 

[drift]

I wish I had $5 for every battery technology breakthrough announced in the last three years that has gone nowhere. Only time will tell.