Interesting advance in solid state Lithium batteries -...

Interesting advance in solid state Lithium batteries - https://www.theengineer.co.uk/thin-film-technology-to-eliminate-risk-of-lithium-battery-fire/

No trade in it that I can see.

In a statement issued by the A. James Clark School of Engineering (a specialist department within the University of Maryland) Prof John Goodenough, a pioneer in lithium-ion cell development and now holder of a Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas, who was not involved with the research, pointed out two important innovations in the team’s work: first, they changed the composition of the garnet to a dense polycrystalline solid with tight grain boundaries; and second, the aluminium oxide film prevents formation of whiskery substances known as dendrites on the surface of the anode during charging which block ion and electron transport. “”This [finding] is of considerable interest to those working to replace the flammable liquid electrolyte of the lithium-ion rechargeable battery with a solid electrolyte from which a lithium anode can be plated dendrite-free when a cell is being charged,” Goodenough said.

I am somewhat relieved that Professor Goodenough was not involved in the research.