FIVE YEARS TO COMMERCIALIZATION FOR SILICON-NANO RESEARCH INTO LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES?

摘要

In general, you have two options with lithiurn-ion-battery technology. You can optimize the battery chemistry for high-energy storage in the kind of batteries you find in today's laptops and cell phones. These lithium-ion cells rely on cobalt cathodes, which have an unfortunate although rarely experienced ability to go into a thermal-runaway condition and catch fire. Or, you can optimize for power-that is, the ability to charge and discharge rapidly.