Professor Shirley Meng: The Future of the Anode (C, Si, Li)

Today I speak with Professor Shirley Meng about the future of the anode. Including Carbon, Silicon, and Pure Lithium Metal (C, Si, Li). Shirley has specialised in nanomaterials engineering and I think she’s the perfect person to speak with about the recent excitement around silicon anodes (nanotubes, nanowires). Today, the focus will be silicon, but we’ll also go a bit broader and talk about what we can generally expect from battery anodes in the next few years.

*Timeline*
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Silicon Benefits and Challenges
6:28 What can we expect?
10:06 Nanomaterials & First Cycle Losses
13:40 Silicon vs Lithium Metal
22:03 Lithium Metal Timeframes
26:50 Graphite
29:15 More Brains Needed!
30:22 Pre-Lithiation (Lithium Doping)
31:51 Data Standardisation
32:52 Supercaps
37:35 Elon's 400wh/kg Comment
39:28 Hopes
43:26 Closing Thoughts: The Grid

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Intro Music by Dyalla: Homer Said

[roryreddog]

Wow you got Shirley Meng. I’ve heard her name so often and never heard seen or heard her this is a treat for me. Thank you

[tempcadoganenright]

Shirley Meng - a hero working to save the planet with energy storage! More power to you Shirley!

[toby-xorb]

Two weeks before Battery Day ... and you score an extremely rare interview with Shirley Meng! You sir, truly, are a friggin' Rock Star!!!

[DaveDugdaleColorado]

What a wonderful interview. I enjoy the passion she has for the future.

[paulrautenbach]

Shirley made everything she said crystal clear. She is a very good speaker. Thank you for interviewing her. Lots to be exited about.

[roryreddog]

39:25 Shirley Meng: My goal in life: EV exceeding range of ICE vehicles, with 400Wh/kg.
Ding ding ding! Thank you Shirley 🙏 You’ve got this ✊

[andrewbuck]

It's amazing how quickly you have gone from a tiny upstart channel to the go to place for everything batteries! Great job!

[raulgil]

Shirley Meng is a treasure and an inspiration...!!!

[McClarinJ]

I like her mix of professionalism, enthusiasm, and friendly demeanor.

[KENDOMAINE]

Oooh you got Shirley! Well this is now the best channel on YouTube right now.

[LarsPallesen]

That was a great interview with a real battery expert. Very exciting.

[JakeBrowatzke]

Loved this so much! Thanks for this interview both of you. It opened my eyes a lot!

[danchatka]

So amazing that a world class scientist, like Shirley Meng, is also such a pleasant person.
Your viewers and her students are very lucky!

[carlstockmal]

That's such a great combination of super-smart lady and positive thinking about her role in the grand scheme. I hope Shirley gets great students and together they can accomplish their goals. Thank you for conducting the interview, and for the thought-provoking content Jordan.

[pauljoyce]

This is a great channel. The only channel I subscribe to, and the one I understand the least.
I especially enjoyed the end. Very inspiring. And as well as being very knowledgeable, Dr. Meng is very cool. A great interview. Thanks!

[DaveGee]

I don't know if you will read this but thank you for making the brilliant choices you've made... The efforts of you and your colleagues are very, much appreciated!!

[kreviews]

I can't even express how delighted I am to see Jordan getting guests like this. The caliber of research he's done warrants it, but that's not always enough to get experts like this to share their insight with this series of tubes, or truck if you will, of the interwebs.

[JohnMunroNZ]

Love Shirley’s enthusiasm for grid storage. When you think about it at the base level, the sun bombards earth in humongous levels and so much gets radiated away into space that if we could store just a few percent more we would all be richer. Until now most of that storage has been in crops and food, we now have a path to so much more potential.

[manuelmartinez-gqij]

What a pleasure listening to Professor Meng and her Optimistic hope for the future. I’m in her corner!

[prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs]

One of the best interviews! Shirley is such a smart, positive, and likable woman! 20 years time to save our planet, not more!