new sulfur battery technology
06-06-2013, 11:14 AM
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06-06-2013, 03:29 PM
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Half the voltage at eight times the density, so four times the gravimetric storage density.
Holy crap. All-solid, too. These things are going to wear MUCH nicer than LiOn/LiPo/LiFePO4.
Oh! And no Elemental Lithium, no flammable electrolytes, so NO FIRE! Also, there's already a lot of traction on Lithium-Sulfur Self-healing tech as well (that's where it started.)
Wonder when we'll see these in RC use? I'm all for a higher cell count if it means improved safety and four times the runtime.
Holy crap. All-solid, too. These things are going to wear MUCH nicer than LiOn/LiPo/LiFePO4.
Oh! And no Elemental Lithium, no flammable electrolytes, so NO FIRE! Also, there's already a lot of traction on Lithium-Sulfur Self-healing tech as well (that's where it started.)
Wonder when we'll see these in RC use? I'm all for a higher cell count if it means improved safety and four times the runtime.
06-06-2013, 07:41 PM
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Interesting they claim energy density, but I don’t believe I saw any claims of power density, a significantly different aspect of battery performance. Which would be required for most if not many RC power applications.
Never say never I guess, but note the words potential, hope to see their research move quickly, etc. For any one interested one of the other sites has a lengthy thread with a huge list of similar ground breaking research announcements, generally with plenty of positive predictions. A lot of it is publicity for continued funding, which is part of the deal of course, useable results or not.
But hey, the potential is great if someone does make a true breakthrough that’s for sure. And there certainly is a lot of research funding going on.
Never say never I guess, but note the words potential, hope to see their research move quickly, etc. For any one interested one of the other sites has a lengthy thread with a huge list of similar ground breaking research announcements, generally with plenty of positive predictions. A lot of it is publicity for continued funding, which is part of the deal of course, useable results or not.
But hey, the potential is great if someone does make a true breakthrough that’s for sure. And there certainly is a lot of research funding going on.
06-06-2013, 08:12 PM
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Interesting they claim energy density, but I don’t believe I saw any claims of power density, a significantly different aspect of battery performance. Which would be required for most if not many RC power applications.
Never say never I guess, but note the words potential, hope to see their research move quickly, etc. For any one interested one of the other sites has a lengthy thread with a huge list of similar ground breaking research announcements, generally with plenty of positive predictions. A lot of it is publicity for continued funding, which is part of the deal of course, useable results or not.
But hey, the potential is great if someone does make a true breakthrough that’s for sure. And there certainly is a lot of research funding going on.
Never say never I guess, but note the words potential, hope to see their research move quickly, etc. For any one interested one of the other sites has a lengthy thread with a huge list of similar ground breaking research announcements, generally with plenty of positive predictions. A lot of it is publicity for continued funding, which is part of the deal of course, useable results or not.
But hey, the potential is great if someone does make a true breakthrough that’s for sure. And there certainly is a lot of research funding going on.
06-06-2013, 08:16 PM
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06-06-2013, 08:40 PM
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uhh, Bonjour
06-07-2013, 07:23 AM
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Interesting they claim energy density, but I don’t believe I saw any claims of power density, a significantly different aspect of battery performance. Which would be required for most if not many RC power applications.
Never say never I guess, but note the words potential, hope to see their research move quickly, etc. For any one interested one of the other sites has a lengthy thread with a huge list of similar ground breaking research announcements, generally with plenty of positive predictions. A lot of it is publicity for continued funding, which is part of the deal of course, useable results or not.
But hey, the potential is great if someone does make a true breakthrough that’s for sure. And there certainly is a lot of research funding going on.
Never say never I guess, but note the words potential, hope to see their research move quickly, etc. For any one interested one of the other sites has a lengthy thread with a huge list of similar ground breaking research announcements, generally with plenty of positive predictions. A lot of it is publicity for continued funding, which is part of the deal of course, useable results or not.
But hey, the potential is great if someone does make a true breakthrough that’s for sure. And there certainly is a lot of research funding going on.
06-08-2013, 06:46 AM
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Better hope a much lower voltage cell doesn't take hold then. That might be the biggest risk to many otherwise highly flexible and firmware updateable chargers as lipos have a fairly high cell voltage. If the cell voltages drop significantly 6 to 8 cells or so may not be enough for electric 1/8 beasts, monster truckers, and the like. But perhaps parallel charging could save the day though, depending on the charge characteristics of course (not all cells can be parallel charged).
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