Why hasn't the 40 year old lithium battery been eliminated?
At the same time, Samsung, LG and Panasonic, the world's three largest battery makers, have also revised their strategy and are becoming less interested in new technology batteries, preferring instead to improve their current products. What's more, these new battery start-ups face a problem they don't want to mention: the lithium-ion batteries developed in 1970s have been improving.
Even if the new battery maker eventually gets the new technology to market, it will also face problems such as expanding production and finding buyers. Leyden Energy and A123 Systems before this is true, although with new technology, but still due to lack of funds and demand failed to meet expectations. There are two start-ups, Seeo and Sakti3, which were bought at a low price before mass production.
Earlier this year, Ellen Williams, head of the US Department of energy's alternative energy advanced research project (ARPA-E), Williams, made headlines overnight in major media outlets. (Ellen). The reason is that she told the Guardian newspaper: "we have made a major breakthrough in the field of batteries."
Beijing time on August 31st evening news, "MIT Technology Review" (MIT Technology Review) recently published an article that today we have not used than the lithium ion battery has 40 years of history of the more excellent energy storage devices, because the development of new battery not only faces many technical challenges, but also requires a lot of financial support.
