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Artificial intelligence (AI) and large-scale cloud computing is speeding up the search for new battery materials. An AI-enhanced collaboration between Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has already produced one promising new material, which the two are sharing publicly today.
A materials scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory assembles a prototype battery using the newfound material. (Dan DeLong for Microsoft)
Artificial intelligence could dramatically change how batteries are made, according to Microsoft. They used AI systems to screen over 32 million battery candidates and discovered a new material that could transform how batteries work.
It has been corrected to say that the material can reduce the amount of lithium by as much as 70 percent. We regret the error. Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used AI and high-performance computing to discover a promising new battery material faster than ever before.
Here’s how it works. An artificial intelligence (AI) program has identified a material not found in nature that could reduce the amount of lithium used in batteries by up to 70%. The new material, a blend of sodium, lithium, yttrium, and chloride ions, is a type of mixed metal chloride and was found to be the best option from 32 million candidates.
"AI and supercomputing will become crucial tools for battery researchers in the upcoming years to help predict new high-performing materials," she said. But Dr Edward Brightman, lecturer in chemical engineering at the University of Strathclyde, said the tech would need to be "treated with a bit of caution".
The battery uses carbon-14, a radioactive isotope of carbon, which has a half-life of 5,700 years meaning the battery will still retain half of its power even after thousands of years.
Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used AI and high-performance computing to discover a promising new battery material faster than ever before.
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Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used AI and high-performance computing to discover a promising new battery material faster than ever before.
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A brand new substance, which could reduce lithium use in batteries, has been discovered using artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing.
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What''s new? To speed up that process, PNNL teamed up with Microsoft. Using a combination of AI models and cloud computing, the tech giant simulated potential chemical …
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