• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    “His team built a working battery with this material, albeit with a lower conductivity than similar prototypes that use more lithium.”

    I do know that because of Ohm’s law, this directly translates to less available current than conventional electrolytes. There’s not enough info to determine mAh though.

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      10 months ago

      Yeah, batteries internal resistance is a huge factor in their usability and the speed they charge.

      Especially in the modern day where a lot of their use is towards high amperage applications like cars.

      People need to understand tho, Lithium batteries are usually only about 11% lithium, Lithium Ion batteries are mostly Cobalt and other metals. So at most you’re replacing 6% of a batteries total mass.

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        10 months ago

        Mostly cobalt is also not accurate. There’s a small part of cobalt in some batteries.

        Other like LiFePo are cobalt free.