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Summary. According to top leaders in the battery industry, AI can reduce the discovery and commercialization of new materials by half. This will improve the efficiency and sustainability of batteries, as well as contribute to global efforts against climate change and energy independence.
These technological advances have the potential to revolutionize the way we store and use energy. With faster development of battery materials, we can create more efficient and sustainable energy solutions, which is crucial to the transition to a greener economy and the fight against climate change.
In the news.
- The collaboration has already led to AI-driven patents and promises breakthroughs in solid-state materials and disturbed rock salts. That should significantly improve the range of electric cars.
- Similar to the pharmaceutical industry, where AI is accelerating the development of new drugs, battery manufacturers see great opportunities in this technology.
Zoom in. Microsoft recently developed an algorithm that reduced 32 million materials to 18 promising candidates for battery use in just 80 hours.
- A government-backed laboratory is testing a hybrid of lithium and sodium that could reduce lithium content by 70 percent.
- AI integration accelerates the discovery of new materials. It also helps optimize the ratios and compositions of these materials.
Zoom out. The combination of AI advances and automated experiments with robots enables the collection of vast amounts of experimental data, which further drives the development of battery materials.
- Despite these advances, Miedreich cautions against limitations in available computing power and the need to test new materials in real-world conditions.
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