Battery Potential
Battery Potential is a retrospective on the early days of the commercialization of Li-ion batteries. Pioneers of the of Li-ion battery industry from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s are interviewed by two battery scientists: Vincent Chevrier and Kevin Eberman.
Battery Potential is produced by Cyclikal LLC.
Battery Potential
Latest Episodes
Joe Turner - K2 Energy
In this episode, we sit down with Joe Turner, Principal at Lithium Junction, for a candid and entertaining look at the boots-on-the-ground reality of lithium-ion cell manufacturing. Joe shares his journey starting at the front lines of the earl...
Yuan Gao - Pulead
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Yuan Gao, a materials scientist and executive whose career spans the foundational days of Li-ion research to the executive suites of global cathode manufacturing. Yuan shares his accidental entry into the b...
Karim Zaghib - Hydro Québec
Join us as world-renowned electrochemist Dr. Karim Zaghib shares his incredible journey through the history of lithium-ion batteries. Bridging academia and industry, Dr. Zaghib discusses his early research in Europe in the 80s and his front-row...
William Howard - Medtronic
Bill Howard brings more than five decades of hands-on experience to the history of battery development, starting at Gould National Batteries in the 1960s and finishing with Medtronic in the 2010s. Bill walks us through multiple battery chemistr...