Samsung's 'Breakthrough' 900wh/l Solid State Battery (Deep Dive)

Is it really a breakthrough? When will we get it? In this video I do a deep dive into Samsung's 'Breakthrough' 900wh/l Solid State Battery that delivers a cycle life of 1000 cycles. Samsung's researchers have claimed that their battery reduces dendrite formation. They plate a smooth layer of lithium metal by introducting a silver-carbon layer to reduce nucleation energy and increase conductivity of the lithium ions. This is kind of like adding water to pancake batter and increasing gravity to make smooth flat pancakes.

00:00 - Background
01:07 - Key Concepts
03:17 - Abstract Paraphrased
04:27 - Battery Design
09:39 - How it works
13:26 - My Review and Thoughts

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Intro Music by Dyalla: Homer Said

[wtthehll]

at 14:00, did you mean to say the *silver* can be replaced?

[Sevo-]

Bro i was sitting here like someone should make a show called Limiting Factor, then decided someone had to have made that! Hell ya good day

[rogerstarkey]

Right, here we go.
My guess
Still in the lab, maybe, one day.
Now let's watch the vid. 😁

[Walkercolt]

"The future of battery technology, and always will be!" I've been hearing the same BS about "new" battery technologies since I was about 10. I'm 67 now. I still have a copy of a 1963 "Popular Mechanics" magazine telling about a "breakthrough" in battery design. It never made it past the research stage. CO$T, CO$T, CO$T! Silver anode batteries go back before WWII with the Germans trying to build them for U-Boats. Too expensive for military use. That has to be pretty darn expensive...

[andrewpaulhart]

Another great video. Very understandable and educational. The cost angle
really puts into focus Tesla’s focus and why they haven’t been hyping solid state technologies.

[trashmail]

1). I'm actually watching this video while doing the dishes after having made pancakes... 2). Your analogy was great. Were you consciously making this pancake BATTERy analogy!?!? 😂 3). I don't know a lot about battery chemistry (learning a lot thanks to your excellent videos though!), but I can recommend using coconut milk instead of water. Also a portion of rice flour gives a great subtle sweet taste to the pancakes. 😉. Big like for the video and looking forward to the next one. (Hurry up Tesla battery day!!!). Wishing you a wonderful day!

[bujin]

Great video. Love your conclusions section. It's nice that you highlight the information which might not immediately stand out but should.

[artistjoh]

The old problem of researchers doing really good work, but marketing people taking the basic research and spinning it into something it is not. Then journalists too lazy to ask the hard questions exaggerate it into a moonshot.

[RasakBlood]

This is so nice. Its impossible to know what to think when a new a battery breakthrough is announces but you don´t understand the technology well enough to actually understand what it really means. And now i know that this announcement is interesting with possible uses for highly specific one time projects or something but not really cost effective for commercial use. Everything i wanted to know.

[MrJul]

Great video. Do also add Skeleton and Nawa ultracaps to your series. I hear they are going to come out with 100wh/kg ultra caps soon. It is not alot, but to put things into perspective, the best ultracaps we had before was of maxwell tech and they are at most 10-20wh/kg, which is INSANE imo.

[perficete]

Brilliant analysis 👍🏻useful, justified, deep, sceptical, and honest 👏🏻

[jrb_sland]

We must all acknowledge that the paths to the future are never superhighways, but twisting, narrow mud trails. Many will strive, some will almost succeed, a very few will cross the finish line. This is evolution in action, and all involved should be congratulated for their efforts. Thanks for the review of the Samsung research - it adds to the world's collective data base of battery tech. Keep up the good work!

[funny-video-YouTube-channel]

If true, then this will boost technology progress by 5 years faster than expected.
Everything electric will dominate !

It's great for electric supercars, aviation or hybrids (much smaller batteries) but not for series BEVs. But with freevalve technology BEVs are not needed anyway

[incognitotorpedo]

Nice explanation of the Samsung cell, Jordan. I question the importance of the cost of Zirconium and Silver. This is ENTIRELY dependent on the amount required. The Zr is a nanolayer, so I think that can be ignored. As for the Ag, how much do they need? If it's only a few milligrams per cell, no problem. If it's grams per cell, then it's several thousand dollars per car. Even that's not enough to be an absolute killer of this technology, if it were developed to a truly outstanding cycle life and energy density.

[ilotitto]

You've become my favorite YT channel

[ronaldfradet]

Jordan excellent presentation you answered all my question about whether or not this is a breakthrough. Can't wait for your next video

[bazoo]

"This is The Way!" :o)

Interesting. Yup, it would seem that the announcement by Samsung was a bit overhyped. But perhaps this research _will_ pave the way to more practical and even more dense designs.

[webyt]

This was a fantastic video. Your review at the end was much appreciated. Looking forward to hearing more about Novonix.

[srikanna]

Excellent analysis. I had the impression that this is just a hype. You have nailed it shut