re:Lithium demand surge, page-2879

If you could just summarise this entire article and report back to class on Monday I'd appreciate it. Though this is just one of many potential ways SS batteries could end up going.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09061-9

"...All-solid-state lithium metal battery with complex hydride solid electrolyte0.7Li(CB9H10)–0.3Li(CB11H12) can potentially be used to realize a wide range of lithium-metal-based all-solid-state batteries. Based on the high ionic conductivity and high stability with lithium metal of 0.7Li(CB9H10)–0.3Li(CB11H12), the electrochemical investigation was expanded to all-solid-state full cells using 0.7Li(CB9H10)–0.3Li(CB11H12) as the solid electrolyte and lithium metal as the anode. As shown in Fig. 5a, a high-energy-density S electrode (theoretical capacity = 1672 mAh g−1; working voltage = 2.1 V vs. Li+/Li) was used as the cathode to take advantage of the high-energy density of the lithium metal anode. The cathode composite was prepared by mixing an S–carbon (C) composite and 0.7Li(CB9H10)–0.3Li(CB11H12) solid electrolyte...."


Failing understanding of that article (guilty your honour) I guess you could look at this pic and note Li in both the anode and the solid electrolyte - though I have no clue as to chemistry mentioned in that electrolyte CB₉H_{10 and} CB₁₁H₁₂ and how that impacts actual Li inputs, but it sure looks promising ! And they seem to say the cathode is ALSO made up of carbon and the electrolyte (MORE lithium). So the whole thing needs lithium. Am I right? If so I vote for this battery being the future.