Topic: the new Li-lon??

[nic]

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/23/1312232&tid=126

if true. . .

[hexyjones]

ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES ACHIEVES BREAKTHROUGH IN BATTERY MATERIALS

RENO, NV. – February 10, 2005 – Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALTI) announced today that it has achieved a breakthrough in Lithium Ion battery electrode materials, which will enable a new generation of rechargeable battery to be introduced into the marketplace, as well as create new markets for rechargeable batteries. These new materials allow rechargeable batteries to be manufactured that have three times the power of existing Lithium Ion batteries at the same price and with recharge times measured in a few minutes rather than hours.

http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibrary.asp?BzID=546&ResLibraryID=8234&GoTopage=1&Category=24

[SparkE!]

Interesting, but don't hold your breath waiting for this to become reality.  Their nanotech specialty seems to be powdered materials and they refer to "Electrode Grade Powders - Coming Soon".  Their other commercialized products are mainly catalysts (Titanium oxide powders) and fusible ceramic powder coatings (Titanium oxide, Aluminum oxide and Zirconium oxide).  From what I can tell, all they have is the proposed electrode material.  My bet is that no one has reliable means to arrange that material into commercially viable electrode structures.  There's a lot of development between the  creation of thin electrode materials and actually assembling them into a commercially viable product.