The first is a breakthrough in basic research, and the second is a breakthrough in mass production technology research. The two breakthroughs for the lithium-ion battery were as follows. In 1981, the author began research on the electroconductive polymer polyacetylene.
It is also expected that demand for lithium-ion batteries will increase up to tenfold by 2030, according to the US Department for Energy, so manufacturers are constantly building battery plants to keep up. Lithium mining can be controversial as it can take several years to develop and has a considerable impact on the environment.
The result can be easily explained. With the penetration of electric vehicles and the implementation of new energy vehicle credit supervision , lithium-ion battery technology is facing higher requirements such as reducing the weight of batteries and expand all electric rang.
Among them, the field of chemical energy storage technology, especially lithium-ion battery technology, has elicited significant attention and broad promotion for its role in the transition to low-carbon energy system [3, 4].
The large-scale application of lithium-ion battery technology will help achieve a deep clean transformation and large-scale electrification of energy consumption, and thus alleviate the energy resource constraints and ecological environmental damage caused by fossil energy.
A brand new substance, which could reduce lithium use in batteries, has been discovered using artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing. The findings were made by Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), which is part of the US Department of Energy.