Fearing people have been misinformed on the process of lithium battery production, Rick Howard endeavors to right the wrong by charting lithium's less simplified journey from mine to battery.
The US Science Channel runs an information series titled 'How It's Made', providing a behind-the-scenes look at manufacturing everything from doughnuts to drive trains. In 2008, the show provided an unsatisfying overview of battery production (with Li metal anodes and polymer electrolyte) that provoked more questions than it answered (can be found on YouTube How it's Made channel www.youtube.com/watch?v . . .
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