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world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries (pme.uchicago.edu)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (8 children)

This seems like a pretty big deal, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Indeed, the fact that they filed a patent is also an indicator that this is not purely an experiment, but a tangible way forward. Let's hope this can scale up quickly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Eh, the patent office hasn't had standards for practically for like a century, just that you describe a novel method

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

There's a pile of battery patents that are all game-changing but when a company decides to make a dedicated factory that's when you know shit is going down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

it's not just another article about a new revolutionary discovery because that's the only way to have funds?

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