IBM Reveals “Staggering” New Battery Tech, Withholds Technical Details

IEEE Spectrum  December 19, 2019
IBM has developed a new battery for EVs, consumer devices, and electric grid storage that it says could be built from minerals and compounds found in seawater. The battery is also touted as being non-flammable and in initial lab tests, the battery demonstrated hundreds to thousands of cycles with 80 percent retention of its original capacity. According to the researchers they could develop a commercial product for limited applications (e.g. portable power tools) within one to two years. They believe the electrolyte chemistry can be tweaked enough to make it competitive as a grid energy storage alternative. Other performance boosts include the battery’s reported improvement in cost, charging time, power/energy density, and energy efficiency…read more.