Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNew nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cyclesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down15
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minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoPoorly. According to a random Wikipedia query, commodity lithium ion is ~270 Wh per kilogram. So this is around 20% of that, according to the above. “Excellent” may be in comparison to other byzantine specialty battery chemistries, but lithium ion remains resolutely enthroned.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoIt might be cool for storing solar energy for your home, though. We don’t need to always carry the battery in every use case
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoHome storage generally uses LFP which is around 170 WH/kg. 270 is NMC which is used in stuff like mobile phones where the trade offs are different.
minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoQuite enough energy density and very good power density for stationary energy storage, with zero fire danger. Reasonably cheap, too.
Poorly. According to a random Wikipedia query, commodity lithium ion is ~270 Wh per kilogram. So this is around 20% of that, according to the above.
“Excellent” may be in comparison to other byzantine specialty battery chemistries, but lithium ion remains resolutely enthroned.
It might be cool for storing solar energy for your home, though. We don’t need to always carry the battery in every use case
Home storage generally uses LFP which is around 170 WH/kg. 270 is NMC which is used in stuff like mobile phones where the trade offs are different.
Quite enough energy density and very good power density for stationary energy storage, with zero fire danger. Reasonably cheap, too.