Below is an extract of thebelow linked article entitled “ Scientists Find the Holy Grail: the Reason Why Lithium-Metal BatteriesFail “

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" There’s just one problem: Lithium-metal batteries have atendency to short circuit thanks to tiny fissures in the ceramic electrolytecalled dendrites.

The quest to figureout why this happens (and design a battery that circumvents this unfavorable outcome) is a Holy Grail of sorts for material scientists—and the science world has maybe found its Galahad.

This week, researchers from Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory revealed evidence as to why these dendrites form within lithium-metal batteries."

And here’s the interesting part – a team of researchers atCambridge University led by Dame Clare Grey have already discovered theholy grail, and it comes in the form of a tungsten niobium EV batteryanode which enables faster and safer charging and it is being launched by DameGrey’s startup company called Nyobolt Ltd.
Nyobolt discovered dendrites a long time ago and researched many alternative materials that would combat its unsafe impacts - they landed on a combination of niobium & tungsten.

I have posted on these guys before so keep your ears and eyesopened for Nyobolt developments

The entire tungsten market is very excited about the likely impact of Nyobolts batteries on global tungsten demand