Solid state Battery to Obsolete Li-Ion Battery?

Energy CIO Insights | Friday, December 07, 2018

Solid state battery is most awaited technology, especially for the car manufacturers worldwide. These batteries are considered to be potent enough to obsolete the Li-ion batteries. Recently, Qing Tao Energy Development Co. Start-up from China had announced to set up the production line for the solid-state battery, which initially will produce batteries with 100MWh per year and it will be later on considered for mass production.

As this technology is still in its production and research phase there no accurate key benefits that can be firmly stated but depending upon the reports few benefits that could be witnessed when this tech finally arrives have been listed below. These specifications are a key attraction to car manufacturers, making them invest heftily in the solid state batteries.

•  Longer service life over Lithium-ion battery.
•  Improved safety as it non-flammable and non-corrosive
•  Compatibility with automation, industry standards and roll-to roll production would lead to increased manufacuribility.
•  Could eliminate temperature constraints.
•  Faster charging as the electrodes would solid in the state.

Everything comes with some pros and cons and the same goes for this new technology. As ever with technology, there’s a huge difference with small-scale operation and mass- scale production and the same could be observed in case of solid state battery. It is yet not clear whether they will be able to meet performance requirements for electric vehicles. The power density is also a question in comparison to traditional lithium-ion batteries. Above all will they enough cost-effective to be used in day-to-day life just like Li-ion ones.

Many investors have already invested in this tech to pace up the process and gain benefits out of it. It is highly anticipated that by 2020 solid state batteries will come into existence as final products. Once this tech is out in the market then only its standards and specification will be clear to all. By the time car manufacturers could only hope it to take over the drawbacks of lithium-ion batteries and so they could optimize it to their best.