{"id":11070,"date":"2022-03-24T19:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=113624"},"modified":"2022-03-24T19:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:19:11","slug":"how-do-solid-state-batteries-work","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/how-do-solid-state-batteries-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How do solid-state batteries work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Dr Peter Bentley\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 24 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Most conventional electric vehicles and mobile phones use lithium-ion batteries<\/a>, which have an electrolyte\u00a0gel inside them to separate\u00a0the positively charged graphite anode from\u00a0the negatively charged\u00a0lithium cathode.<\/p>\n

These are relatively cheap to make but suffer from thermal runaway \u2013 heat them beyond a specific temperature and an unstoppable chain reaction causes them to disintegrate in fiery explosions.<\/p>\n

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Solid-state batteries replace the electrolyte gel with a solid material such as ceramic or glass, which makes them less flammable, faster charging, lighter, and higher power.<\/p>\n

At present, they\u2019re still under development and remain costly to manufacture. This may\u00a0soon\u00a0change,\u00a0as companies are spending billions on the development of this\u00a0new technology.<\/p>\n

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