Nobody thinks much about batteries. Even when our phone dies in the middle of a night out, we never think, “Ugh, this battery does not have the correct electrolyte mixture for what I need.” The phone is just dead, and to most people it does not matter why or how it didn’t last very long. It does, however, and a new type of battery could improve the lives of things like phones, cars, and computers.
However, the battery of the future could directly impact us very soon. Many companies are investing in the race for the solid-state battery.
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