Wonder then
If the battery tech they come up with would make its way across to mobile phones...
Ready for the pun "It would suck if it didnt"
Dyson has pumped $15m (£10m) into US solid-state battery start-up Sakti3 as part of its plans to invest £1.5bn into "future technologies". Last year Dyson said it wanted to branch into four new portfolios of technology over the next four years. James Dyson, founder and chief engineer, said: “Sakti3 has achieved leaps in …
Based on the title it looks like they are using titanates (TiOx) to store the lithium ions.
The main problems with this approach are broadly similar to LiFePO4, ie the active materials have to be nanostructured however this is a *lot* easier with titanates than phosphates.
It also appears that the electrolyte is a lot "nicer" to work with than regular Li-ion and may even be an ionic salt rather than a borofluorine derivative.
The tricky part with this is to convince everyone that it is safe and not to repeat the same mistakes that A123 made ie trying to take on Li-ion EVs directly and rushing into production.
Had A123 stayed with power drills they would probably still be trading today.
#include "iamnotachemistbutknowafairbit.h"