Presentation by Dr. Michael Thackeray at the 2008 ACG Advanced Automotive Investment Summit.
Open Access Article Originally Published: July 14, 2008
Here at EV World we've written about the viability of "hydrogen economy" and even the "methanol economy."
Now the focus of research again has shifted, this time to what Dr. Michael Thackeray of Argonne National Laboratory outside of Chicago, calls the "lithium economy." In his presentation delivered at the ACG Advanced Automotive Battery Investment Summit in June, 2008, he discusses the science -- and chemistry -- behind this new economy, what is the current state of technology and what are the obstacles, as well as possible ways in which to circumvent them, including learning from the underlying reactions of hot batteries like the ZEBRA sodium nickel chloride battery.
The South African-born researcher provides a highly technical introduction and overview of lithium batteries in their major "flavors" that will be of interest to his fellow battery engineers. He provides insights into other competing chemistries and why, in the end, lithium appears to be the most promising, though there will have to be materials, manufacturing and cost breakthroughs before we see their widespread introduction in automotive platforms like hybrids and plug-in hybrids.
You can listen to the entire 20-minute presentation using either of the two MP3 players above or by downloading the file to your computer for transfer to your favorite MP3 device.
Other speakers in the ACG Series include:
Ted Miller
Gene Glaudell
Ralph Brodd
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14-Jul-2008
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Great speakers. I sure wish we could see some of their charts.
Posted by: jim stack
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15-Jul-2008
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I think that NMH batteries are good enough it is all about cost, cost, cost.
Posted by: jw ogden
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15-Jul-2008
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On the one hand, it's encouraging to hear that battery technology continues to advance. On the other hand, the speed of the advance is not fast. Maybe we've been spoiled by the Moore's Law speed of advance in microprocessors, and communications bandwidth. But as Dr. Thackery points out, the problems of safety, capacity and cost remain stubborn. No real breakthroughs appear to be on the horizon.
Posted by: john
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21-Oct-2008
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This kind of batteries can last longer than regular batteries. Also it will have great ways to increase gas mileage.
Posted by: Karen Martinez
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