
123: Oops! A Battery! Lithium Sulfur Accidental Breakthrough
Still To Be Determined
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Is There a Future for Lithium Ion Batteries?
Lokl: There should have been a bigger focus on just how much lighter. These batteries will be compared to lithium ion they are in the order of one third the weight of existing batteries. That is the reason the drone and aerospace industry is what they're aiming for. Also, lithium will largely be a solved problem in the next five years. The salt and sea production of lithium is coming on line. They will literally have one point five times the amount of lithium on the market over the next ten years. It really comes down to what's the use case? Do you want a phone that weighs the same amount and you charge it every three or four days? Or would charging every day
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