Battery Deep Dive: 5-Minute EV Charging, Solid State & How Batteries Are Quietly Running the World!
3 August - 1 hourThis week's podcast was recorded live on stage at Latitude Festival 2026, in the Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture! Helen Czerski is joined by our very own Robert Llewellyn and battery chemist Professor Saiful Islam for a wide-ranging conversation about batteries — covering everything from world-record lemon batteries to five-minute EV charging, sodium-ion tech, battery planes, and vehicle-to-grid power.
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00:00 – Introduction
02:53 – Meet the guests: Robert Llewellyn & Prof. Saiful Islam
03:34 – The world-record lemon battery (and Saiful's quest to reclaim it)
08:54 – What does a battery chemist actually do?
12:42 – Debunking range anxiety:...
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