MIT and Samsung Researching Solid-State Batteries

jones_supa writes: Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Samsung have developed a new approach to one of the three basic components of batteries, the electrolyte. The new findings are based on the idea that a solid electrolyte, rather than liquid, could greatly improve both device lifetime and safety, while also providing a significant boost in power density. The new type of electrolyte would also cope better in cold temperatures. The results are reported in the journal Nature Materials in a paper by MIT postdoc Yan Wang, visiting professor of materials science and engineering Gerbrand Ceder, and five others.

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Republicans will never allow this

[Anonymous Coward]

They make too much profit off of our current crappy batteries. Expect this innovation to be buried like they have done with the rest of the innovations we read about almost weekly.