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moiaussi4213 t1_izwcs6j wrote

Reply to comment by triffid_hunter in Low-cost battery built with four times the capacity of lithium by BlitzOrion

I think the size here refers to energy density.

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triffid_hunter t1_izwd3xv wrote

But then they go on to say

>> Could it be installed in a cell phone, an electric bicycle, a cordless drill, a car, a house?

which indicates they're thinking of a physical size, as if the chemistry dictates a fixed size somehow - hence why I pointed out that mobile phones and grid-scale storage can both use the same chemistry, so the question as stated doesn't make much sense

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moiaussi4213 t1_izwdq3x wrote

It goes both ways. Of course you can put various battery technologies into cell phones, technically, but having a 500g cell phone with 4h of autonomy doesn't make sense nowadays.

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