It sure looks interesting, more information here:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14340.html
If I did the math correctly it seems like it's in the 120-140 wh/kg range.
Certainly usable for EVs.
Hopefully it makes it out of the lab.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 1:11 PM, B
Does anybody know any more about this research?
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/aluminum-ion-battery-033115.html
Aluminum anode; graphite cathode. Unspecified salt for the electrolyte.
It's only about two volts. The rest of the specs are vague...nothing at all
about capacity. They cla