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Ambri是一家小型创业公司,他们希望用大量的液态-金属电池改变我们的能源系统。在创业公司Ambri的办公室里,站在乒乓球桌旁边的首席技术官戴维·布拉德韦尔需要用双手才能拿起电池组件,他希望它将来能应用在新型电网的建设中。这种组件是用厚钢制成的,外形是一个巨大的平底锅似的圆形容器,直径16英寸。里面是两个金属圆盘和一些含盐粉末,与焊接在顶部的圆形金属板组成一个重达100磅的电池组件。通过把这些大型组件连接起来,Ambri公司计划制造相当于40英尺海运集装箱式的巨型电池。不止尺寸惊人,Ambri公司所用技术让这一电池的化学反应也与所以目前的电池不一样。当组件被加热到
Ambri is a small startup that wants to change our energy system with a lot of liquid-metal batteries. In the entrepreneurial company Ambri’s office, David Bradwell, CTO who is standing next to a ping pong table, needs both hands to pick up the battery pack and hopes that it will be used in the construction of a new power grid in the future. The unit is made of thick steel and is shaped as a giant, pan-like round container measuring 16 inches in diameter. Inside are two metal discs and some salt-coated powder, forming a 100-pound cell with a round metal plate welded to the top. By connecting these large components, Ambri plans to make a giant battery equivalent to a 40-foot ocean container. Not only is the size amazing, the technology used by Ambri makes the chemistry of the battery so different from the current batteries. When the component is heated to