Making a solid case for tomorrow's battery market disrupter

摘要

In the midst of the world's fascination with lithium-ion lays an offshoot of the technology that is garnering excitement(albeit,reservedly)within the battery industry.The reason solid-state batteries are exciting is two-fold:energy density and safety.Arguably,lithium-ion's most inconvenient truth is the technology is prone to thermal runaway,with the ubiquitous technology making headlines around the world when personal devices to utility-scale energy storage systems catch alight.For example,there have been around 20 fires in Tesla cars since 2013,although,to be fairto the US company the vast majority have been the result of crashes.In 20i7Japanese multinational Sony recalled its VAIO laptops because the’lithium-ion battery packs can overheat,posing burn and fire hazards'.The same year Samsung was forced to recall its Note 7 mobile phones for similar reasons.