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Materials & Batteries

How a lithium-ion battery stores energy (anode, cathode, electrolyte, ions vs electrons), energy density and cost trends, chemistries (NMC, LFP, solid-state, sodium-ion), degradation and safety, and why materials science drives EVs and the grid.

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Nobel Lecture: M. Stanley Whittingham, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 Nobel Prize · 28 min
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Prereqs: Energy in reactions; atoms. Next: Energy: fossil, nuclear, renewables; Tesla. Sources: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 (Goodenough, Whittingham, Yoshino); BloombergNEF battery price survey; Branch Education.
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