2 comments

  • SoftTalker 1 hour ago
    Describes the mechanism causing the electrolyte cracking and resulting short-circuits (dendrites form at the electrodes and penetrate the solid electrolyte).

    Does not describe a way to prevent it, so solid-state batteries don't seem like a realistic product for now.

    • schaefer 1 hour ago
      >> Does not describe a way to prevent [dendrites], so solid-state batteries don't seem like a realistic product for now.

      Every lithium battery in use today is susceptible to dendrites. One of the promises of solid state batteries is more safety, not less.

      • SoftTalker 1 hour ago
        Agree, but as of now it's seems like it's still a promise, not a reality.
  • wolfi1 1 hour ago
    till now I was under the impression, that that was the advantage of solid electrolytes: preventing the dendrites in the first place (being a natural barrier to build dendrites).

    guess I was wrong