Electric Vehicle Battery Trends, Characterization, and the Move Towards Solid State Batteries

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Welcome to the first episode of The Battery Lab! Our first guest is Dr. Pengbo Wang,  Scientist at Wildcat Discovery Technologies. 

Tim Bradow, the host of the show, and Dr. Wang discuss many battery technology topics in this episode, including:

• • What types of batteries are currently used in the EV Market? 
  • Existing challenges with production scale batteries 
  • The tradeoff between battery capacity and thermal stability 
  • Why electrochemical testing is not enough to measure future battery performance 
  • The use of X-ray diffraction and other analytical tools for battery analysis
  • Are electric vehicle batteries and the EV industry ready for mass adoption?
  • The current challenges with solid-state batteries

Listen below to Dr. Wang highlight the differences between traditional and solid state batteries. 

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