Compared with the difficult to achieve all-solid-state lithium battery, hybrid lithium metal battery is a more realistic path.
Key ideas
1. Hybrid lithium metal battery is a feasible path in the next generation of battery products.
2, safer batteries with higher energy density equals cheaper batteries.
3. The challenge is in the details.
The history of power lithium battery can be traced back to 1850, from the initial lead-acid battery to the later nickel battery, and then to the most widely used lithium battery in the current market, the future will eventually move towards lithium metal battery.
The battery industry will have a doubling of energy density every 30 years, similar to the battery industry "Moore's law", seems to be in effect again: in the 1990s, SONY launched the first generation of lithium batteries, to the widespread use of lithium batteries today, 30 years later in 2020, a new generation of lithium metal batteries has attracted global attention.
Not all solid, but mixed lithium metal
The next generation lithium metal battery has been the consensus of the automotive and power lithium battery industry.
Lithium metal battery has a number of development paths, including all-solid-state lithium metal battery from the 1990s to now, almost like forever there are eight to ten years to realize the dream, and mixed lithium metal battery is a more practical technical route
Mixed lithium metal battery is similar to lithium battery, half of the former is the same as lithium battery, lithium battery in energy density, safety, production process improvement can also be used for mixed lithium metal battery, mixed lithium metal battery technology development will progress with the progress of lithium battery technology, energy density is also higher. Hybrid lithium metal battery not only retains the advantages of high energy density of solid lithium metal battery, but also retains the advantages of manufacturability of lithium battery.