Electrochemistry
topic on 2 shows · 12 statements across 4 episodes
12 statements about Electrochemistry, every show
Jaramillo: Electrochemistry is not solved until manufactured at relevant scale and cost
“In fact, those are in many ways the same problem. Like, and you can't say that you've solved the electrochemistry until you're making it at a relevant scale You know, relevant throughput, with relevant yields, with relevant costs. Like, that's when you know yo…”
Jaramillo: AI tools compressed months of electrochemistry development into just days
“I mean, quite, quite literally, we sort of were able to do things On electrochemistry in a few days that previously would have taken us a few months.”
Kann: Electrochemistry holds massive decarbonization potential in heavy industry
“In the greatest hits album of electrochemistry, you'd have a lot of tracks focused on batteries, for sure, and for good reason. But there are deeper cuts, too, and some new music with pretty extraordinary potential. Anyway, think tracks on cement and steel and…”
Chiang: Megatrend toward low-cost electricity drives modern electrochemical innovations
“One of the reasons the application of electrochemistry have, you know, become much more prevalent and interesting is because of this, you know, megatrend towards low-cost electricity. You know, the lower the cost of electricity, the more attractive it is as an…”
Chiang: Electrochemistry's major limit is being a two-dimensional interface process
“The limitation of electrochemistry is that it's a chemical reaction that takes place at an interface, right? In a way, you could say that it's a two-dimensional process, right? You know, you always need an electrode, and you need electrons being transferred ou…”
Chiang: Voltage tuning lets electrochemistry drive impossible thermal reactions for fuels
“Well, so SAFs, sustainable aviation fuels would be an example, and in particular, you know, CO₂ to fuels. That is a case where, you know, CO₂, you know, decomposing molecules is highly energetic, and that's where electrochemistry has that advantage that I refe…”
Chiang: Electrochemistry struggles with solid-solid transformations due to poor conductivity
“I would say that one of the Other limitations of electrochemistry, something it's not very good at, is solid, solid transformations. Okay. So, and that, so, you know, why would that be? It's that one of the things you have to have in order to make electrochemi…”
Chiang: Biological processes struggle with electrochemical current density due to bulk
“Well, a biological process, even if it has an electrochemical component to it, it's hard to get to high current density. Why is that? It's just that the molecules are large and bulky, right? And, you know, inorganic molecules tend to be compact by comparison, …”
Kann: Commodity chemical decarbonization may favor electrochemistry over synbio
“So we're talking about stuff like ethylene and propanol, a bunch of these big commodity chemical categories, which are much bigger markets, bigger decarbonization impact ultimately, but less complex molecules to create and processes where sort of traditional c…”
Kann: Climate tech's next decade is electrochemistry vs. biology
“I think the greatest battle in climate tech over the next decade is going to be a race between electrochemistry and biology to solve our biggest climate problems.”
Kann: 80% of climate tech tasks require chemical or biological conversion
“Probably 80% of the things we need to do in climate tech can be solved either by biologically or electrochemically converting Thing X into thing Y.”