Solid-state batteries - The science, potential and challenges

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  • Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
  • Solid-state lithium-metal batteries have the potential to be more energy dense, safer and faster charging than traditional lithium-ion batteries but what is the science behind them, potential of the technology and challenges.
    Here in this video we'll cover how solid-state lithium-metal batteries work, the different configurations/materials and reflect on practical considerations towards understanding how feasible the technology actually is.
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:11 - Why are we interested in solid-state batteries?
    01:22 - Battery thermal runaway
    03:14 - What is a solid-state lithium-metal battery?
    04:25 - How does a lithium solid-state battery work?
    05:19 - Solid-state battery architectures
    08:53 - Solid-state electrolyte materials
    10:37 - Practical energy density in lithium-ion batteries
    12:33 - Energy density losses in packs
    13:34 - Seeing beyond the hype - Practical energy densities of solid-state batteries
    15:08 - Comparing lithium-metal with lithium-ion batteries
    15:41 - Degradation mechanisms and challenges
    18:21 - Innovation and scale-up take time
    20:03 - Solid-state batteries: Hope or hype?
    Interested in learning more?
    Here are some books which I recommend to learn more about the history of batteries and how they've impacted the world
    📚 Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green - Henry Sanderson - amzn.to/4aa81te (Amazon)
    📚 The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War - Steve LeVine - amzn.to/44O37kR (Amazon)
    📚 Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions - Akshat Rathi - amzn.to/3JWmy0Q (Amazon)
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  • @rookiebird9382
    @rookiebird9382 10 месяцев назад +11

    Your video is by far the best on the fundamental physics of SSB

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks. Glad to hear it was useful

  • @linkedinroger
    @linkedinroger Год назад +7

    With no discernible academic capability...I somehow manage to the gist of what you show and tell Billy. Thanks! 👏

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Год назад

      Thanks Roger, thought I think you underestimate yourself. You have a huge pool of knowledge and experience :)

  • @AlsoDave
    @AlsoDave Год назад +1

    Your videos are always really informative and engaging thanks. Just, is it possible to increase the volume in the audio mixing please, you're much more softly spoken than the website seems to expect!

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Год назад +1

      Thanks and good feedback. Probably need to upgrade my current audio set-up and editing approach

  • @phamgiangson8926
    @phamgiangson8926 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you Prof. Wu. Have followed you recently. It is thorough and easy to comprehend

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks. Glad to hear it was useful

  • @dillipkumarmishra7549
    @dillipkumarmishra7549 Год назад +4

    Prof. Wu, thanks for sharing. Very well made and extremely informative.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Год назад +1

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @sharmila365
    @sharmila365 10 месяцев назад +6

    Prof. this is one of the enlightening lectures. Thanks a lot. I would ask if you could make a presentation on actual lab fabrication along with Dos and Don't and any calculations precautions etc that would be more helpful for graduate students... In case you have links of those practical demo of Battery fabrication and testing you could share here... Thank once again...

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  10 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks. I have that on my list of potential videos (though I'm a bit slow with my outputs). I think Jove has some useful content on practical demos on a range of scientific topics. This might be useful. www.jove.com/. For general coin cell manufacturing, I think this paper is good from Jeff Dahn's group iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.1171902jes

    • @sharmila365
      @sharmila365 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@BillyWu Dear Professor.. I appreciate your quick reply and very helpful inputs... Most of the time experimental details of procedure and calculations of various parameters and analysis are being reported incorrectly.. Correct methodology will help all young researchers all over the world.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  10 месяцев назад

      @@sharmila365 Agreed. This paper nicely summarises some of the misleading things done in battery research chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/batt.202100154. The other checklist is quite useful pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00870

  • @Janamejaya.Channegowda
    @Janamejaya.Channegowda Год назад +3

    Thank you for sharing, greatly appreciated.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Год назад +1

      Glad you found it useful/interesting

  • @deshaganisathish5089
    @deshaganisathish5089 Год назад +2

    Prof Billy, thank you for sharing, nice video. It is very useful.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Год назад

      Thanks. Glad you found it useful

  • @Catastrofia
    @Catastrofia 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great vid! Thanks!

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks

  • @change_of_game_energy
    @change_of_game_energy 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very fine video Billy!
    I have worked more on making energy that goes into the batteries

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks

  • @earmuffz2348
    @earmuffz2348 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very informative! Thanks so much!

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  10 месяцев назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @tatchkult
    @tatchkult 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very informative presentation Billy
    So what BTRL stage for ssb is in right now? I’m View from Weeks hall if you remember 😄😄

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  5 месяцев назад

      Hi View. Great to hear from you again after so many years! Good question, there are companies at different levels of maturity but probably somewhere between BTRL 4 and 5. Several companies have demonstrated good lab data and are trying to scale up, but there are more limited examples of implementation into vehicles, especially for oxide and sulfide based systems, maybe a couple of polymer based systems are more mature.

  • @zamba118
    @zamba118 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hello Dr. Quite some elaborate explanation on the subject, so much appreciated. Just one question, could you clariffy on the mechanism for the movement of ions in an all solid state battery? That wasn't clear to me considering how this hapens in a liquid electrolyte. Other reading materials on all solid state batteries will also be so much appreicated, thanks once again. Zamba

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks and good question. You're right that the mechanism for lithium-ion movement in liquid and solid-state electrolytes is different. In liquid based systems, the lithium-ions are solvated around solvent molecules. This is a similar mechanisms to when you dissolve table salt in water. The lithium-ions then diffuse through the liquid electrolyte, often through a concentration gradient. In a solid-state electrolyte, the lithium-ions move through the solid material's crystal lattice. One analogy here could be the solid-electrolyte is like a bookshelf and the lithium-ions are books, which you push along the bookshelf. Hope this helps.

  • @POLiS-HIU
    @POLiS-HIU Год назад +3

    Thank you very much - a very informative and well done summary. Lithium anodes would require significantly more lithium than current lithium-ion batteries. Lithium shortages are already predicted in scenarios for 2030 and 2040. Therefore, this ASSB type is the most critical for me. Maybe solid state sodium batteries would be a solution.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Год назад +3

      Thanks and agreed. In certain solid-state electrolytes the amount of lithium is significantly higher than liquid electrolytes too. Solid-state or sodium-metal anodes are very interesting. Am sure this will be another top topic shortly.

    • @priscillacamargosmacieira7836
      @priscillacamargosmacieira7836 Год назад +1

      Excellent! Thanks for sharing

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Год назад

      @@priscillacamargosmacieira7836 Thanks. Glad to hear it was helpful

  • @gleambrite2679
    @gleambrite2679 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video. We seem to have the energy density and chemical engineering down. The biggest issues seem to be the pesky anodes. If you made a battery pack you could replace anodes like we do oil filters. Thank you for showing the differences between cell and pack. I do think we could improve on the issues with battery packs. Catode could be 70% of a solid state battery. Easy manufacturing. Replacement of anode and maybe even electrolyte. Make one big 3 part pack for EV,s.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  4 месяца назад

      Thanks. Yeah, anodes are one of the key limiting factors in a battery. A key challenge with replacement and refurbishment of batteries is that all components are quite air and moisture sensitive, making it difficult to swap bits out. Some have suggested swappable batteries which have their pros and cons. Good to have discussions about the different routes forward.

  • @user-rt5sp4de1h
    @user-rt5sp4de1h 2 месяца назад +1

    Hey, I would like to use this as a source for my research paper, is it possible I use this as a citation?

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  2 месяца назад

      Of course. Feel free to use the information here. Where appropriate, do use the original source I noted in my slides to recognise the original author works. In some places I made modifications to this and you can just refer to this resource.

  • @PravdaSeed
    @PravdaSeed День назад +1

    🌀🔋 Thanks

  • @sirengokeith8716
    @sirengokeith8716 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice one

  • @vankajayalakshmi
    @vankajayalakshmi Месяц назад +1

    Very nice

  • @lizzyventura1029
    @lizzyventura1029 6 месяцев назад +1

    Dr. Wu's videos on basic batteries and this last one are very interesting, the way he explains it is very didactic and instructive, thank you for sharing it. Which is to invite you to my country to implement an experimental solid battery manufacturing plant that you know about and expose in your videos. We have all the raw materials available for manufacturing such as lithium in solid state, graphite and anthracite mineral carbon, Manganese, cobalt, aluminum, copper, nickel, cadmium, and other rare earths and aluminas that could be used in its manufacturing, reducing transportation costs. and time. Peru is the second largest producer of copper in the world and a mining country par excellence with all the mineral resources to give it added value that needs to further develop its industry in different economic and energy generation areas. My cordial greetings and I hope that you study the proposal and gather investors in development technologies to invest in Peru, South America, in all types of scientific and technological projects.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the comments. Great to see interest in batteries across the world

  • @doobiescoobie
    @doobiescoobie 7 месяцев назад +1

    Why dont they make fleet vehicles that have swappable batteries? If they did, when new technology replaced lithium it would be a quick swap for battery vehicles without replacing the body of the vehicle.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  7 месяцев назад +2

      Great question. Swappable batteries for micro-mobility (ebikes, escooters etc) are generally common place now. The concept of swappable batteries for larger vehicles does exist but is a bit more challenging due to design complexity and handling of larger systems. One of the original companies pushing this was Better Place which went bust a while ago. NIO in China are currently deploying their swappable solutions. The decision ultimately needs consideration of the trade off between design flexibility, solution optimisation and cost.

    • @doobiescoobie
      @doobiescoobie 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@BillyWu Thank you. In the long run on a cost/benefit standpoint this would reduce ownership costs of the battery to the customer and likely keep fleet operations running 24/7. You could have a tandem energy storage solution at the battery charging station if required as well.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  7 месяцев назад

      @@doobiescoobie Definitely pathways to have a lower total cost-of-ownership over the lifetime of the vehicle. The challenge is convincing people of this over the higher capital and also operationally executing this, but yes, in theory lots of potential benefits. Hopefully lots of new business models to come

  • @davidvennel720
    @davidvennel720 Месяц назад +1

    This was great, I learned a lot. Thanks Prof. Wu!

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Месяц назад

      Thanks. Glad to hear it was useful

  • @breakhart
    @breakhart 11 месяцев назад +1

    I always wonder are solid-state battery a battery or a super-capacitor? 🤔

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  11 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, there's lots of different names out there at the moment which can make things confusing. A solid-state battery replaces the liquid usually used in a battery with a solid material. The idea is to make it safer. A supercapacitor is a bit different to a battery. Usually electricity is storage in high surface area materials like activated carbon unlike batteries which usually use lower surface area materials but the lithium-ions go into the material like books in a bookshelf

    • @breakhart
      @breakhart 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@BillyWu yes, they are quite confusing, especially solid-state battery since I don't have any experience nor degree on that area. thanks for answering

  • @Parture
    @Parture 11 месяцев назад +1

    Why does noone use ceramic separtor

    • @nusenyaw
      @nusenyaw 11 месяцев назад +1

      Qutantumscape

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  11 месяцев назад +2

      Quantumscape are one of the companies commercialising ceramic separators. These have decent stability but are often challenging to manufacture because you often need a high temperature sintering step which can cause mechanical warping in large films.

  • @eriknordqvist9016
    @eriknordqvist9016 11 месяцев назад +3

    I have already seen factories in China that manufacture Solid-State batteries.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  11 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, China are moving rapidly with the technology. Impressive to see

    • @eriknordqvist9016
      @eriknordqvist9016 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@BillyWu I am having a hard time maybe finding a factory in China, that could produce a small size Solid-State battery 1-5 kWh for domestic use in mass-production. If you would have any help in factories in China, that would help a lot?

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  11 месяцев назад +3

      @@eriknordqvist9016 Yeah, since the technology is still in its early stages it can be hard to get cells. You might want to consider a company called ProLogium

    • @eriknordqvist9016
      @eriknordqvist9016 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@BillyWu I will look into them, thanks.

  • @douggolde7582
    @douggolde7582 10 месяцев назад +1

    Solid state Betamax.

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  10 месяцев назад +1

      Good analogy!

  • @crutchclargo
    @crutchclargo 10 месяцев назад +2

    Two minutes of nonsense, no interest of past batteries..moving on to another thread that have concise, valid information.

  • @Jetter638
    @Jetter638 Месяц назад +1

    Great video....thx!

    • @BillyWu
      @BillyWu  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks. Glad to hear it was useful