Can This Metal Really Beat the Lithium Battery?

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Lithium ion challenges
02:06 - Aluminum ion
05:34 - GMG Graphene Aluminum
09:50 - Aluminum Sulfur

[jopo]

I feel much better knowing all the beer cans in my garage are advancing aluminum battery storage technology. I will continue to help save the environment one IPA at a time.

[jnee]

Hey! Long-time viewer here! I wonder if you've ever considered making a sort of 'end of year roundup'. I know year-end listicles can seem a bit superficial and click-baity but I'd love to see an overview of what progress has been made this year and what were some of the bigger breakthroughs.

[mustachio]

Now that is what I would call a really smart generator. It has an auto start and can be monitored by the same Ecoflow App I use with my Delta Pro.

[girlstreak]

Having two options to run any generator is ideal. If gasoline is unavailable I can switch to propane or back and forth.

[fcbrants]

Thanks Matt, I think you missed one of the most important facets of GMG's business model: They're forming their graphene directly from (natural gas / methane / CH4), so their graphene is a) ultra pure, and b) super inexpensive compared to other production methods. They can also produce this graphene at enormous scale, as their original intent with the product was to use it to harden concrete, requiring huge volumes of the material.

[npc]

Ecoflow really did improve the gas generator. Now I can use what is convenient for me be it gas or propane.

[davidrte.]

I appreciate that you always give a very balanced view of new technologies, I hope that this aluminum Ion or the aluminum sulfer works out. It will move the ability to buy an EV into the realm of the average family being able to afford an EV. Also it may reduce the environmental impact ofEV’s.

[Danger_mouse]

As a Queenslander myself, this makes me feel pretty proud 🙂
Good to hear some good tech coming out of Australia like this 👍

[norkshit]

I have been waiting for this moment ever since I first learned of the potentials using Graphene tech in 2013.. It's wonderful to see some tangible progress showing! Lithium is merely another stepping stone to humanity reaching a true neutral/negative carbon footprint, albeit, a rather slow one. Once these batteries become mainstream everything will change.

[AdventuresMedia]

After finally being able to do Aluminum smelting myself the past few weeks, I had ideas of attempting to introduce graphite and home made graphene(very home made) to see if I could build a battery. Glad to see i wasn't the first with the idea and they are much further ahead of me. Now, If I could get better at smelting and metallurgy, I would love to do experiments to build a home made battery and even an "open source guide" one day.

[figeluren]

As always with these battery videos, I'll believe it when I hold it in my hand. Until then, it's just dreams and nothing else. None of the battery techs I've seen on any channel is in my hands, or anyone's hands for that matter, yet.

[chrisgea]

I think there are maybe eight key functional and value goals that a competent designer of EV batteries wants to achieve: i) high energy density, ii) high charge and discharge rates, i.e. high power density, iii) thermal stability during fast charging, iv) rapid heat dissipation in extreme conditions, v) a long duty cycle, vi) light weight, vii) excellent safety especially when the battery suffers damage or is subject to inappropriate use and viii) low cost of finished products.

GMG's cells and batteries, based on current claims, get a good pass ranking on energy density and weight, viz. the Al-Graphene batteries offer energy density in line with today's high end Li-Ion batteries.

GMG get a credit for the duty cycle of its cells and a high distinction for all of the other sought after design goals except the cost of the finished product that for the moment remains an open question.

That is a spectacularly good result. Those who are marking down the GMG cells for offering nothing new on the energy density front have a limited grasp of what it takes for a battery design to be successful. If GMG's products come in at a good price they will be successful.

[filipjovanovic]

I'm always cautiously optimistic about any battery advancements, since it feels like we've been waiting for the next big revolution forever. I don't want to get my hopes up that we'll have super efficient and environmentally-friendly batteries on a market-scale any time soon. Still, it's cool to talk and find out about those incremental advancements, since those are what will eventually lead to the next big thing. But yeah, eventually is the keyword here. I still thank that, realistically, we have a long way to go towards solving the energy storage problem for good.

[nathanmiddleton]

I'm sure they have a shot. The GMG information sounds promising. I'm not convinced they'll come to the market "cheaper", even if the total cost of production is significantly cheaper. They price themselves based on the market.

[Leoninmiami]

Anytime you hear "New battery technology developed by university X who is working with company Y to bring it to market" this means it will take 7-12 years before it hitting volume production. That is, if it ever makes it out of the lab. New, very promising, Proof Of Concepts (POC) battery technologies are a dime a dozen. Volume production is EXTREMELY hard. EXTREMELY!! I still love all the new tech!! Eventually one will knock it out of the park. Hopefully it's more than one. Until then, formulations LiFePo4 seems to be the way to go.

[CF]

It seems that promising battery tech claims had been touted for decades but nothing really changed until portable electronics became mainstreamed. Now with the big push for EV's, it seems as though a lot more work is being done at a faster rate to overcome the obvious issues with Lithium ion batteries. I am enthusiastically waiting for the next big breakthrough and hopefully this will be it.

[robertmacdonald]

It’s great that this battery technology is being taken to another level and improving in so many ways there’s a lot of controversy over the mining process used in extracting lithium from soil or ground and the explanation of children for labour there’s an abundance of both aluminum and carbon everywhere to produce these batteries
A win win situation for producers and users of this next generation battery
Hope it takes off soon

[Bramioux]

That sounds too promising. "The hotter the aluminum battery gets, the faster it can charge." sounds crazy. I'm looking forward to this company's development.
I really hope we get this type in the near future.

[johnsnyder]

with the price of Lithium skyrocketing it appears alternative sources are needed and each one looks like it has their niche market. Heavier batteries could be utilitzed for commercial storage while lighter ones could be used in autos. graphene looks like a good alternative for autos, while the sodium may be better for commerical uses as they may take up more room. Very good articles to shed more light on the industry and how it changes. It also helps to know which ones perform better at lower temperatures to charging energy is not wasted to loss of range.

[revolver]

I love watching these videos, but seeing new things all the time is nice and all but would be nice to have a short recap video of technologies that were features in your videos years ago and see where they are now.