It says that Jeff Dahn has expertise in silicon anodes. After a bit of research, it appears that silicon has some serious capacity advantage vs graphite. There is a major problem in longevity that arises from the greater expansion of silicon during charging, so it's not a commercially viable technology, but this may not be the case in the near future. There is already a company that has developed technology in this area http://www.nexeon.co.uk/technology-2/ which has me a little concerned. So I have a couple of questions:
1) How likely do you think it is for graphite to replaced as an anode material for lithium ion batteries in the near future?
2) If this occurs, would the remaining markets provide strong enough demand?
-Dan
