Is silver the next battery raw material?
An analysis by a “retired investment professional” published on X (formerly Twitter) has got tongues wagging in the already-excited silver world about the impact of Samsung SDI’s new solid state battery technology on silver demand. The silver would be used in a silver-carbon composite which would be layered between the lithium metal anodes. But, to put it mildly, the numbers are rather racey. The "back of the envelope" calculations suggest that silver demand from batteries could amount to 16Kt of silver demand globally or c.64% of current global silver demand. We explain why we think the calculations should probably have...
Topics
Batteries
EVs
Samsung SDI
Silver
Solid state
