Is Fluorine the Battery Chemistry of the Future?

One startup says it has cracked the code for producing batteries with fluorine that will outdo lithium.

Contour -- founded by a blue-ribbon group of chemistry and battery scientists -- has come up with a way to make high-power, long-lasting batteries with fluorine ions instead of lithium. [....]

In terms of energy density, fluorine batteries have the potential to be eight times better than lithium batteries, but he adds that a two- to three-fold boost in performance is more realistic. The batteries will also have better power performance, i.e., they will be able to deliver more power on demand. [....]

Fluorine batteries actually exist now -- you can buy them in drugstores for cameras -- but they aren't particularly efficient. These currently available batteries employ a carbon monofluoride structure. That is, a battery component will have one fluorine for every carbon.

Contour has developed a process to vary the basic formula that will allow a battery component to contain more, or even fewer, fluorine atoms to carbon atoms, depending on the desired result and application. [...]


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