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AI Finds Battery Gold! 🔋✨
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Anthony Ao
August 09, 2025
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AI Engine Unearths Five Porous Oxides That Could Power Post‑Lithium Batteries
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology combined two AI models—a Crystal Diffusion Variational Autoencoder trained on crystal databases and a fine‑tuned large‑language model—to screen thousands of candidate structures in hours instead of years.
The system pinpointed five previously unknown porous transition‑metal oxides whose wide, “sponge‑like” channels can accommodate the bulkier, doubly‑ or triply‑charged ions used in multivalent‑ion batteries (magnesium, calcium, aluminum, zinc).
Quantum‑mechanical simulations indicate the materials are thermodynamically stable and could be synthesized in the lab. If confirmed experimentally, they would enable cheaper, more energy‑dense batteries that bypass lithium’s supply and cost constraints.
Why it matters
Lithium‑ion cells dominate today’s electronics and EVs, but lithium is scarce and politically concentrated. Multivalent chemistries promise up to three times the charge per ion, yet suitable host materials have been elusive. The NJIT study shows how generative AI can collapse the discovery timeline—transforming battery research and, by extension, renewable‑energy storage and electric transportation.
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