Pruiett says Ambri hopes to produce 1,000 shipping container sized liquid metal batteries to plug right into the grid. Without these batteries, Pruiett says, the future of green energy isn't as green.

In their research, he and his colleagues dissolved high-melting-point nickel and tin in a gallium-based liquid metal with a melting point of only 30° centigrade.

Indian giant Reliance joins Bill Gates to back 'liquid metal' battery for large-scale green power storage. Conglomerate and Microsoft billionaire join $144m round to help Ambri scale up manufacturing ...