Just pinning responses and clarifications to technical questions here because the comment got a bit buried. It's in the thread with @SwuuschifyMe below and we encourage you to read the full and thought-provoking discussion if you're interested! For what it's worth, we shared this video with the folks at Argonne before releasing it to check for accuracy, and they had no edits or corrections. 3:15 Lithium scarcity is more complex than just how common the element is within the earth’s crust - it’s also a question of how easy, affordable, and sustainable it is to obtain that element. Beyond the pure practicalities of getting our hands on more lithium atoms, there are also the regulatory and geopolitical implications, as well as the complexities of refining lithium. All of these factors contribute to lithium's scarcity relative to the demand for it. We’re not the only ones who feel this way, and many people predict we could see shortages in the next few years: www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/electric-vehicles-world-enough-lithium-resources To be clear, we don’t think lithium will go away as a key component of some batteries, but many researchers (some in this video!) are very keen to explore alternatives that are more affordable and sustainable to obtain and would offer additional benefits. In the future we think there will likely be a lot of different battery chemistries, including many that rely on lithium. 3:25 There is a difference between an electrolyte and the ions dissolved within it, but we felt that it might be splitting hairs to disambiguate between them in this video - especially since many electrolytes (like lithium hexafluorophosphate) do contain lithium. This is the same approach many folks seem to take when describing lithium’s role within a battery, including experts we consulted with, for the sake of simplicity. In retrospect we can see how the wording could be better! 3:55 On the various weights of zinc and magnesium relative to lithium: we’re referring to the energy density in terms of volume. We also understand that some of these chemistries would be heavier and therefore less suitable for certain applications, that’s also something that Dr. Venkat Srinivasan addresses in the video when he talks about the different constraints that various batteries will need to work within for different applications. The size, safety, and charging requirements will be very different for a grid battery, as compared to something like a battery for a mobile device or vehicle. 4:30 There are other synchrotron facilities, we don’t mean to imply that there aren’t. Argonne is a unique place that brings together a lot of specialists in the field of next generation battery technology, and provides them with on-site access to a powerful resource like the Advanced Photon Source on site, which we feel makes it one of a kind. 5:50 Also - we weren’t actually worried that the lithium would explode because of a humid environment. But lithium does have a reputation for reacting to water in pretty stunning ways (ukposts.info/have/v-deo/jqiimZWRhq2kqac.html) and our voiceover often takes a playful approach to these sorts of things!

I am a battery researcher just like our guests here, in fact I sometimes come to Argonne for similar experiments... there's problems here 3:15 Lithium scarcity is BS. It's one of the most common elements in the crust and if you had looked, you would have found that it is not a problem. What's the material scarcity of today's batteries? Well it's Cobalt, mostly. 3:25 Lithium is not the electrolyte...the electrolyte facilitates the transport of Lithium ions. A pretty fundamental thing to mix up 3:55 2-3 times of what? There is a place for Zinc and Mg batteries but they also have fundamental downsides, for example Zn batteries are heavy af (10 times heavier than Lithium) and therefore mostly useful if space is an issue, for example it would be a good grid storage option if aqeuous (water based) Zn batteries would work out. 4:30 Argonne is definitely not the only place where they do this. It's called a synchrotron facility, and there's five big ones in the US alone where they all do this. And there's dozens all over the world. 5:50 Lithium doesn't explode. It doesn't even catch fire if you throw it in water. It's the least reactive Alkali metal. They have a dry room because oxidized Lithium is useless in a battery, and Lithium reacts much faster with water than with just oxygen. Appreciate the skillful narration but there's a lot of fundamentally wrong statements in here, too. Did the scientists that appear here get to see this video before release?

LMAO @ the Sega Game Gear comment... "Mom, I need more batteries - I want to play for another 6 minutes."

The slow progress towards “the perfect battery” is the ultimate proof that we have not been visited by aliens; and in particular, that said aliens have not “given us their advanced technology.” Because if they did we would long ago have had fantastic batteries. All praise to the consistent dedication and hard work by generations of scientists and engineers.

The fact that we’ve been using single-use disposable batteries for our devices is insane. Most small-scale batteries are now available as rechargeable USB-C/Micro-USB. This is an immense money-saver, let alone waste-reducer.

Round of applause to the person who made this video. So many meme references. On point. This video is informative as well as entertaining. World need more of these.

Are you sure lithium ion batteries use lithium as an electrolyte? I always thought it was either the anode or cathode. 3:25

the memes the animation, the research, just finished the video, keep up the good work. It looks like you will need to add more info in future videos, so it doesnt driple into the comments.

I love the subtle humour between the narrator and the information. It’s all so nicely woven. Such a great video style.

This is great! The way out of our current situation is not all these cut backs and taxes but INNOVATION... because these innovations can be picked up by countries that are still developing and have huge populations e.g., China and India and Brazil... who are not imposing taxes and cut-backs...

I'm excited about the future of Aluminum Air batteries... Imagine the 100% recyclable battery!

Waiting for the Thunderfoot video to come.. magic words: batteries, 2-3 times the energy density

People 100 years ago - we will have flying cars, everybody will be happy, there will be no wars, nobody will work, we will have robots. People now: we will have better batteries.

Comparing batteries to oil is like saying that batteries magically come fully charged. You still have to charge the batteries. Oil stores energy stored from long ago.

very well narrated and created. thanks

I have patented a closed-loop system using electrolysis and either fuel cells or an engine I have patented called the Ringine to store energy in high-pressure hydrogen and oxygen gases, and then recover the energy by passing it back through either the fuel cell(s) or the Ringine (the Ringine appears to actually be MORE efficient than the fuel cells). We are preparing to detail engineer the Hydrox version of the Ringine to demonstrate the technology. This is a TOTALLY closed-loop system that can be very small or VERY LARGE and store enormous amounts of energy in extreme density due to the application of electrolysis to 'split' millipore-pure water. We can store about 2Mw-hours in about 150 gallons of water. We are talking about industrial-level power storage to allow power from green sources to be stored in huge amounts so that our world can be power at night by solar energy. We have also developed a system that utilizes solar thermal energy to desalinate or purify seawater or brown water and purify it AND produce electricity as a BY-PRODUCT by utilizing the Ringine. We are currently preparing to build a tech demo of that system because we feel water is ever-more critical and since we can produce BOTH power and purify brown or seawater simultaneously, we should pursue that avenue first, then this: We have also developed a solar-thermal power production system using a closed-loop highly distributable steady-state cycle that produces electricity at 35% to 45% overall system efficiency; we truly believe this, all put together, is the 'way forward'. And this is just the tip of an iceberg I'd love to tell you about. @Freethink, you need to be aware of this. I would be glad to present it to you. Let me know if you are interested. This is vetted by several professional engineering firms and MS&T, and their ME Department and it's Head has lead in Federal funding submittals we are still waiting on, and they will vouch for this.

Just to confirm i subscribed to the channel, because I like the content very much.

Engineers have to be honest, any dishonesty stifles progress: Note he said, “Renewables are the cheapest generators of electricity”. Plus transmission, plus storage and they are no longer the cheapest form of energy.

No more burning something for energy? There goes the Fireplace Channel.

I laughed a little more than I would in a Freethink video Great content

Great ballance of information and humor. Love it.

The sad part is education at primarily level always tells that it's difficult and costly to store electricity and the guy who challenges this difficult is the real hero ...

I worked in a battery factory around 20 years ago, it was a joint venture with British, USA military and Mitsubishi - The batteries that was made was for space and military agencies as well as private health care - The batteries they made could last almost 2 years nonstop unlike a Duracell battery that at full energy output would only last 2 days. So why are they not selling these batteries to the public because it makes no money,

This is very good editing and scripting. It was simultaneously informative, yet entertaining which is not always easy to do.

I really hope that there are research about materials for fire resistant batteries to alleviate accidents caused by battery explosion. Apparently, it is hard to stop the fire produced from battery.

Great to watch, research is the key - salute to all the people struggling to conserve burning fossil fuel. But the narration made me watch this twice. Awesome job with the script.

You had me dying at Bat communicator.

Ah yes lemme just plug in my new electric car to the fossil fuel powered power grid, very efficient, am saving the planet

7:25 “So… picture a scenario, where we had ubiquitous energy storage. Between Solar, Wind *a n d* nuclear, we could generate all the electricity we’d ever need without burning fossil fuels” As someone who lives in Germany, where even imagining a grid where nuclear energy plays a role is unthinkable (We’re at the point where you’re smeared as right-wing if you advocate for nuclear energy) and where the renewables-only strategy is becoming the only strategy that’s allowed to be thought to the point of *degrowth* becoming a widely accepted future, it feels so refreshing to hear, that other countries aren’t laboring under the same delusions and are looking for a way to seriously decouple economic progress from emissions!

Full vid was super interesting!!

The editing in this video convinced me to sub.

Wave power generation is still relatively speaking a tiny part of the renewable energy pie, but it is growing.

This is a really interesting video 👍

I'm not even gonna watch the video since it's probably not gonna happen... For the past 15 years i have seen articles, videos, etc, about new battery technology and the only thing that happened is that Lithium batteries got better over time. I'm really tired of all these. Yes, maybe some niche new bateries have emerged, but my phone still holds charge for a few days at most, the same it did 15 years ago.

They also need to develop a battery that will safely, fully charge in the time it now takes to fuel up the tank in your internal combustion engine car.

2:48 "and decrease the cost of these batteries" - specifically the cost to manufacture them. Retail prices go up as a result of providing better value.

Whomever did this edit, just wow! not only was it entertaining because of the content … the jokes are on point, keep it going 🙌🏻

Yeah, it will be fun

I thought he'll mention diamond batteries. This is very interesting as well.

The mistake is to think of only one battery solution!? The future is many battery solutions depending on their usage. Small batteries for the consumer vs huge Vanadium redox batteries for businesses which are proven to be very efficient!

If low storage capacity is a "THING" perhaps Teslas' concept of Broadcasting energy could minimize the need for being still while charging batteries. Why not charge as you drive on a highway?

United States is one of the few countries that gives it's adversaries (the Chinese) the equipment and resources they need at it's National Labs to build the future technologies, then this happens (search it): *US-funded breakthrough battery tech just simply handed over to China* - By a Chinese scientist. or *Former Los Alamos nuclear scientists aid China’s advanced weapons* - More than 160 Chinese scientists.

Love that this kind of research is ongoing. However, this video affirms that a fossil-fuel-free world is still a LONG ways off. Just try to imagine how long it will take to re-build our entire electric distribution/generation grid, considering the current grid took over 100 years, and we still haven't really figured out a way to replace most fossil-fuel use. Meanwhile, our current "leadership" seems to think this technology is already available and can be implemented overnight with the swipe of a pen. Think of the $$$ Billions we are now spending on the increased price of currently available energy, massively increased cost due to politicians buying votes, money that should instead be going to fund the future. Shameful waste.

You said that “humanity release energy by setting things on fire” and that batteries are new but the oldest recorded battery dates back to about 250BCE to 250CE. Look up Baghdad Battery if you’re interested.

The newest progress was accomplished by a German company when they developed a Graphene Supercapacitor. They solved the issues with capacitors to the point that they now do more than the lithium Ion batteries, like charging in minutes and being able to drive a 1,000 miles on a charge. If their marketing is correct it will totally change what we now think of as batteries, and if Elon Musk was smart he'd buy the company, or they will own the whole of the battery industry !!!

God finally a science/economics/finance channel that tells jokes that are actually funny.

We need more people like this to make a difference in the world, and not another politicians

Great video 🙌

Very interested to see how big oil makes this disappear.

What's the music in the opening? Is that just for the show, or can I listen to it somewhere?

I'd love to see something about scaling production of batteries. There has seemingly been a revolutionary "proven" battery technology every week for 20 years but yet few improvements hit the market. Scaling any invention is always the hard part.

Great Innovation

i remember asking my condensed matter physics professor about new battery technology and he replied making a new type of battery is ridiculously difficult.

We need graphene batteries and the Chinese car company GAC has created one and using in their new car the Aion. And we don't have to mine it, we can use "flash graphene" to create large amounts of graphene by using plastics or any carbon based "feedstock".

So, what’s new here? Nice to watch and conclude that it’s difficult, but we’ll get there.

the fact that they went through and answered the hard questions... subscribed. This is what i want yt for.

6:35 I loved that movie! So underrated

"Solar energy production is cheaper than fossil fuel production, as long as we don't include storage costs, or waste disposal costs."

Is it like GAN for batteries material?

How many videos of the New Battery Savior must I watch, none seem to come to market.

🔥We dont need hard reset. Make it easy and upgrade reset!

I love this videos

lithum is +1 and there a material +2 & +3 so we may can increas the energy 3 times when he seid that i dropped the video, he doesn't know the basic of electrons movements, to move the second electron you nead more energy than the first, maybe double or tribble or even 10 times

What voltage would such a solid state battery have? Li-Ion currently have 4,2 V to 3,3 V or sth.

6:02 Casio is indispensable for engineers.

'Either way I'm sure it'll be fun' lol

It's simple Quantum batteries that self maintain their charge.

Star Labs is outstanding although it's fiction but awesome ....cisco ramon is my favourite one

1:31 Why is the valve opening, when the engine is doing the power stroke lmao.

In Australia 20million vehicles and 20million buildings. All buildings are connected to the national grid. EV batteries are 100kwh for the long drive. Daily drives are 7kwh. EVs are parked 23/7/365. EV selfparking means that they can 'nuzzle' onto a low mounted wall power point when parking. EVs can be part of the existing national grid. 20million × 100kwh = 2,000gWh This is 3.3 times more than the maximum fossil fueled generated electricity daily. If you are lucky. This is 5 times more than avg daily fossil fueled generation. Today. In a no fossil fueled world, 5 times more electricity is needed and 5 times bigger national grid. Poles and wires to the streets and homes and businesses and industries and buildings and all the ends of the existing national grid. If the existing national grid is UNLOADED by the 40% of home supply, and the the home feed in was 40%, then generators will only need to supply 20% of today's electric demands. 20million buildings with rooftop solar pv 33kwh, = 660gWh daily = today's fossil fueled maximum and more, daily. Less sun then a few more panels. Most roofs are 100m2 and more. Central concentrated electrical power generation is economically stupid and expensive because of the extreme costs of the national grid. 5 times bigger national grid is insanely economically stupid.

Water is an idea fuel. After splitting the molecule, it’s combustion reaction produces energy it recombines back to water. With the discovery of negative index meta materials, plasmonics, lasers, and other nanotechnologies. There is a way to split these water molecules for hydrogen fuel or even a plasma field for energy.

These people are trying to change the world for better and they may or may not succeed. These people are the real heroes and need to be celebrated not the fake celebrities we have in today's world.

Just put radioactive elements inside a man made diamond.

Are the electrical trains will be possible in the future ?

What might dr Ley have studied to be able to do that?

The most advanced technology invented by human is "boiling water". LOL

To live happily and forever , we need to add a spiritual dimension to our Smarthome.

we have and will always come full circle ...physical waste ..chemical waste. proper disposal of waste will always be a problem, how we think about waste will always be a boundary we will never overcome until we rethink what waste is we will continue to try and find the next best thing but nature has already figured it out.

important research that we need, shame that we keep burning even though we know that it's not good

It's very tough adventure in Science for Perfect Solid Battery. Other issue is Price factor. 10years later, Maybe Hydrogen Battery will be used instead of Solid State Lithum Battery. Hydrogen Battery will be Another renovation in Battery for Car & Train & Ship & Plane in every sector.

Absolutely love this video! Great storytelling with some humor. This makes science look cool and even fun! Nice work!

Lithium is one of the most common surface elements... .

my big question would be, how fast can the batteries be charged, having ones last long is good and all, but a big issue is the recharge speed I find

Wow your writers still think its 2002. Your references are older than most of your audience.

Nick Tucker and Chris Cox, you two did amazingly in this video. A great mix of lighthearted copy and playful delivery on this very interesting topic. Well done!

I think it comes down to the efficiency of the lectronics that use the battery and the quality of the battery. Bear in mind that batteries leak from new where as a fuel tank that holds liquid fuels never leaks unless you damage it. Liquid fuels are lightweight too which is way better for heavy vehicles that are involved in transport.

"We'd design the grid differently." Yes, but that was high tech at the time, we used what we had. 'All battery future?' Yeah, right. How do you fill the batts, and there will always be some type of consumable fuel somewhere in life. Question is can you eventually evade thermodynamics on earth and power fuel (hydrogen?) fabrication solarly?

Love the editing and presentation of material 🎉😊!!

In Edge City , it was the Mask of Stanley Ipkiss which powered everything !!

I love the humor

As someone who enjoys driving and loves motorsports, I will be sad as there will be no engine sound. But I accept the future and the Planet is way more important than what I like. I really hope that they can develop really good battery tech so we can get off fossil fuels. I believe that we will reach this in around 20 years. Hopefully earlier.

Never change

Starts at minutes of 1:17 showing battery module , cells, fuses and BMS.

Ligand - Renewable batteries

7:12 this clip was taken from the Portal 3 game.

these should be the world doing not making weapons against each other.... hoping for your breakthrough for the advancement of humanity.

Devices that store electricity are called Accumulators not Batteries. Batteries use chemical energy to produce power and are not rechargeable.

They've been saying this for years. Lithium is the best we got.

hmm how would you protect from emp?

I’m predicting 3 new types of batteries per year for the next decade. It’s going to get good.