TECHFACTSHEETSFORPOLICYMAKERSFALL2020SERIESBatteryTechnologyAUTHORSDanielRemler(Harvard)SupratimDas,Ph.D.(MIT)AmrithaJayantiREVIEWERSPaulShearing,Ph.D.(UCL)JuLi,Ph.D.(MIT)ASHCARTER,TAPPFACULTYDIRECTORLAURAMANLEY,TAPPDIRECTORTECHNOLOGYANDPUBLICPURPOSEPROJECTTheTechnologyFactsheetSerieswasdesignedtoprovideabriefoverviewofeachtechnologyandrelatedpolicyconsiderations.Thesepapersarenotmeanttobeexhaustive.TechnologyandPublicPurposeProjectBelferCenterforScienceandInternationalAffairsHarvardKennedySchool79JohnF.KennedyStreet,Cambridge,MA02138www.belfercenter.org/TAPPStatementsandviewsexpressedinthispublicationaresolelythoseoftheauthorsanddonotimplyendorsementbyHarvardUniversity,HarvardKennedySchool,theBelferCenterforScienceandInternationalAffairs.DesignandlayoutbyAndrewFaciniCopyright2021,PresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollegePrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaTECHPOLICYFACTSHEET:BATTERYTECHNOLOGY|BELFERCENTERFORSCIENCEANDINTERNATIONALAFFAIRS1ExecutiveSummary1Bates,M.(2012,May1).Howdoesabatterywork?RetrievedJanuary,2021,fromhttps://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/how-does-a-battery-work/2Goode,L.(n.d.).BatteriesStillSuck,ButResearchersAreWorkingonIt.RetrievedJanuary,2021,fromhttps://www.wired.com/story/building-a-better-battery/3EuropeanUnion,EuropeanCommission.(2018).Retrievedfromhttps://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transport/files/3rd-mobility-pack/com20180293-annex2_en.pdfAbatteryisadevicewhichstoreschemicalenergyandconvertsittoelectricalenergy.1Batterytechnologyispervasiveforindividualconsumersandinscaledoperations,whetherthatisthroughtheuseofsmart-phone,automotivevehicles,orevenlarge-scaledatacenters.Themostpopularbatterytypecurrentlyislithium-ion,whichrangesinapplicationfrompoweringsmallcellulardevicestotheelectricalgrid.Advancementsinbatterytechnologyhavebeenrelativelyslowduetothecomplexchemistryinvolvedandthechallengestocommercializewhilemaintainingsafety.Improvementsinbatterytechnology,though,wouldmeanenhancedenergyavailabilityandconsumerelectronicsperform...
