But since 2015, the Czech media guide keep talked nigh his purported game-changing invention.
Procházka is the CEO of HE3DA as well as he's been looking for an investor who would allow him to construct large batteries according to this invention. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 calendar week ago, Chinese human of affairs Chu Juan Pin agreed to pay €50 i one k thousand for a 49% stake inward a fellowship that volition compass these batteries.
In this counting, the fellowship is worth nigh €100 i one k thousand but the Chinese investor should pay this total past times itself as well as I am confused past times these fiscal details.
After he returned to the homeland inward 2005, Procházka has as well as thence far worked inward the Prague's suburb of Letňany [Flyvilles] but the get-go plants should live built inward the less developed North Moravia (namely inward Horní Suchá [The Upper Dry Village – what a neat refer for a novel majuscule of engineering LOL]) earlier they volition expand to the whole basis if they will. The stop-and-start batteries for cars should live the get-go ones to live made.
According to some precise definitions, the capacity of Procházka's battery is xx times higher than that of the best existing lithium batteries. As I said, Procházka doesn't advise whatever mutual frigidity fusion or some other image that is likewise proficient to live true. In fact, he doesn't fifty-fifty instruct out the lithium.
But he does purpose concepts from nanotechnology to improve the lithium batteries. His batteries are "3D". Using a fine trick, he tin supervene upon the galvanic cells, which were vertical, past times horizontal cells pressed into the frames every bit if they were tablets. This dissimilar geometry amongst much thicker electrodes is said to increase the capacity 20-fold (and, similarly, speed upward the charging times past times similar huge factors) although I don't claim that I sympathize the logic or physics of that claim.
This page contains an interesting tabular array amongst numbers quantifying how proficient the production should be, depending on the adjustable thickness of the electrodes, according to his lab measurements. The circular trip efficiency is ever said to live 98% (round trip).
When the thickness is ii or 1 or 0.5 millimeters, the ability density is said to live 250, 300, 500 Wh/liter, respectively. That's mostly higher than existing batteries. The accuse times from 0% to 50% are 4, 2, 0.17 hours, respectively. The times are nigh 25%, 150%, as well as 200% of that for 0%-25%, 0%-90%, 0%-100% (but a combat longer for the to the lowest degree thick electrodes). The discharge times are nigh 2-5 times shorter than the accuse times, await at the table.
The numbers don't await "shockingly good" to me but they may live amend than the competition. I guide keep no sentiment whether these products volition actually Pb the marketplace – as well as in that location be pages amongst some extremely skeptical comments that await somewhat qualified. He3Da has gotten nigh nine patents inward recent years as well as we've seen no revolution some us yet. But what I would observe extremely problematic is to brand an investment that tin exclusively compass billions of batteries using a fixed blueprint as well as technology, specially a well-known one-time one.
I compass believe that similar nanotechnological (but also choice-of-material) advances volition improve the batteries substantially. For this reason, I compass mean value it's a proficient sentiment for Elon Musk to train how to launder dishes.