You actually need a class in reading comprehension.
I stated as from the article and what the Argonne team lead does and his people are equipped to do and what the NEAH PRs say is a deconstructive analysis. THATS WHAT THEY DO...
Your buddy SPIN is the one who said they needed to build a battery not analyze a battery.
As for the TRL ratings those came from an entirely different site for DOD not DOE where D'Couto went to ask for money. He had to disclose where he was at with regards to development, they posted it, it is what it is. Hopefully they grant him some REAL money to get from TRL 4 to TRL 8 at least...private funding will jump in at that level maybe before.
If D'Couto's battery were truly at 5X as is and ready to deploy/manufacture reliably he would have the world banging at his door.
What D'Couto has not addressed is where his problem most likely lies with the battery but you won't ever get him to fess up, is how many charges can he get before dendrite growth shorts it out.
You are making it sound like they have a 5X battery ready for mass production but are taking the time to go to 10X. While it would be a great thing if this was true, its just not.
They have the same HURDLE at 5X that if it can be cleared can allow them to get to 10X...however, that hurdle is not about the power density, that hurdle is about how many times you can charge the battery before it fails and how much of that ability to fully recharge it retains.( these are the problems they hope to get insight on in the Argonne project )However, these problems are DEAL BREAKERS...no fix, no battery.
Do I think Argonne can solve a problem that has kept battery tech where it is for all these years and at a cost of 100s of millions of dollars with a $300,000.00 voucher ? No I don't. I just don't think that is enough resource.
Is the problem solvable and has it been solved in different pieces and different batteries, the answer is yes. Do those other batteries ( research examples )have the 10X promise and high 90% efficiencies yes, are those batteries NEAH ? NO.
jmho
Bill
