ETA’s Persson Discusses Battery Technology on ‘Marketplace’ Program

December 8, 2017

Kristin Persson of the Energy Technologies Area was a recent guest on the NPR radio program "Marketplace," whKristin Perssonere she discussed developments in battery technology. Lithium-ion batteries currently in use are "highly optimized" and not likely to improve, she says. "If you're going to do a better battery, you have to discover a completely new material." Read or listen to the full interivew at: https://www.marketplace.org/2017/12/07/tech/lithium-ion-batteries-are-about-good-they-can-get