Lithium Ion, dominant for the past 2 decades, is being challenged by new chemistry battery comparison shows up and coming chemistries. The revolution of electric vehicles and grid electricity storage was only possible from Lithium Ion chemistry? Weekly we see articles about new battery breakthroughs. From main-stream media and company announcements new batteries appear to be the holy grail. Most, however, are in early commercialisation phases. Most appear to be valid solutions to the batteries.

Table of New Chemistry Battery Comparison

Advances in technology independent of battery chemistry include:

• Nano graphite anodes may add 20% to 50% improvement for any graphite anode product. For lithium-ion improvements check out this article.
• Physical manufacturing processes can add 20% in energy density

Other Chemistries

Many news articles suggest Lithium Sulphur will have much higher energy density. However, this technology is only a beta stage. Researchers in Australia and USA have claimed a potential 4,000 cycles, a high theoretical capacity (1675 mAh/g) and a high energy density of 2500 Wh/ kg. More R&D may validate these claims. A whole new supply chain is required. Don’t expect LiS batteries prior to 2028.

Further Potential for Lithium Ion Batteries

It’s plausible that with a conversion cathode and an engineered low-swell silicon anode, the cycle life of Li-ion can be extended all the way to 10,000 full cycles while also having the highest energy density in the market — thus breaking the [power vs. energy] compromise. Canary Media

Alternative Battery Types