Mino Green obituary
The development of much more efficient, next-generation lithium-ion batteries, with higher energy densities and longer life cycles, was just one of several significant innovations made by Mino Green, emeritus professor of electrical device science at Imperial College London, who has died aged 95.
In the early 2000s, the advent of smartphones, mobile computing, and the distant possibility of ubiquitous electric cars, led to increased research into higher density energy storage. Two potential candidates for higher energy densities were the lithium-oxygen battery, which promised the highest possible theoretical energy density, and the lithium-silicon battery. Research at the time showed that both suffered from issues relating to cycle life - that is the number of times the battery could be recharged without losing significant capacity.
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