Why Is Gallium Nitride the Next Hot Thing for Batteries? There’s...

Why Is Gallium Nitride the Next Hot Thing for Batteries?

There’s a ton of debate within the EV battery industry about what the next great thing will be. It could be solid lithium, which comes with challenges of its own, but offers more stability compared to volatile liquid electrolytes. It could be one of the industry’s dozens of blends of lithium, or something new altogether. But it could also be something as simple as the semiconductors.
Navitas Semiconductor is one of many companies in the space looking to make an impact on the field of EV batteries. It says that by making a simple swap—gallium nitride (GaN) for silicon—EV batteries could shed critical weight and also charge faster. It’s all because of the chemical and physical makeup of GaN compared with silicon, giving GaN larger capacity with less materials.