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Briefing
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- Lithium Metal Battery – Battery startup Pellion Technologies developed rechargeable lithium metal battery that has double capacity and half the weight of conventional lithium-ion batteries
- What Changed – Replaced graphite anodes with lithium metal anodes, which saves space in cell and resulted to lighter, more powerful batteries
- Existing Manufacturing Processes – Uses existing manufacturing processes to make lithium-ion batteries, which reduces manufacturing costs
- Limitations – Battery takes three hours to charge, is still expensive, and only lasts through 50 charge/discharge cycles
- Commercialization – Company supplies batteries to drone companies
- Other Applications – Include electric vehicles and electric-powered planes
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Accelerator
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Organization
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Pellion Technologies
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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August 7, 2018
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