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An absolute belter of an article on true ‘Friends of the Trend’ Volta Energy Technologies’ Jeffrey Chamberlain and James Frith Thanks to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’ Henry Sanderson There has been a lot of innovation in battery cathodes over the last decade or longer, is now the time for innovation in anodes? James: “When we look at the kind of innovation that happened in that 2010 period, the 2010 to 2020 period, we really see the automakers pushing for an increase in energy density and a reduction in cost. And I think the first base that they turned to to achieve that was really through slight tweaks to the cathode material. “… but now we’re at a point where there are still some improvements that can come from the cathode side, but they’re not quite so easily won if you’d like. “Whereas on the other side, you really haven’t had any changes to the anode material since the commercial introduction of lithium ion cells in the early 1990s by Sony, it’s really just graphite that’s been used.” Jeffrey: “The industry has been focused on replacing graphite with silicon for well over a decade. And unlike solid state batteries silicon is bound to happen. It’s already happening. It’s unclear whether solid state batteries will happen in a universal sense, but it is certain silicon will.” Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/ehm9T9dT Fiona Howarth Octopus Energy Greg Jackson Octopus Electric Vehicles GDI Rob Anstey Raymond M. John Gardiner Karen P. Circulor Douglas Johnson-Poensgen Imran Khatri Gregory Yakovlev Amy Rennison Andy Leyland Aterian plc Charles G. Bray Simon Rollason Paul Smith Nick Carey Rachel Morison Simon Jessop Cecilia Keating Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran Roger Atkins Ade Thomas James Woodward Allye Jonathan Carrier Rob Durrant Ed Conway Theo Leggett Jeff Townsend