Christian Rood | Source | CEO and Co-founder at Leyden Jar

No, I see this as an opportunity. The key thing about solid-state batteries, is that they are solid electrolyte, and solid electrolyte primarily has a safety advantage. But some companies combine it with new anode or cathode material, such as lithium metal, and that can also lead to a very high-energy density. The energy density our silicon anode can achieve is pretty similar to solid-state batteries, but it does not have some of the problems that are associated with lithium metal. More and more research institutes and battery companies are considering pure silicon anodes, in combination with solid electrolyte. We have already shown that it works very well with our silicon anode.