From ESS News
Batteries as they stand today are dominated by lithium-ion battery types, where lithium ions move between the anode and cathode during charging and discharging cycles. Enormous research efforts continue to improve and perfect chemistries like lithium-iron-phosphate, alongside research into solid-state batteries that would replace flammable liquid electrolytes with solid ones, as well. And, sodium-based alternatives have advanced, as researchers continue to search for viable next-generation chemistries that are cheap, high-energy, and safe.
Magnesium has long been seen as a promising alternative chemistry. Like sodium, the element or metal is abundant, non-toxic, and theoretically capable of high volumetric energy density.
However, magnesium has had what chemists describe as “sluggish ion mobility” at room temperatures, meaning it has been a long way from practical use.
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