Principles of Lithium Inventory
These principles are not finalised and are subject to change (and discussion).
Lithium Inventory should be:
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An online hub and community for knowledge about battery science, electrochemistry and related scientific topics
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Current, relevant, written foremost by practitioners, for practitioners
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Laid out in a clean and modern template, enabling effortless readability regardless of platform
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Educational material of the highest quality, aiming to provide value to new entrants to the field and experienced researchers alike
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Valuing teaching of concepts, critical thinking and transferable knowledge over lists of facts and figures
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Free and accessible to all regardless of affiliation or geographical location
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Self-correcting through continuous review/reader comments
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Striving for neutrality in matters of politics and competition
 
Lithium Inventory should not be:
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An online textbook
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Wikipedia for batteries
 
To achieve this mission, Lithium Inventory has the following objectives:
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Curation of high quality educational material within relevant scopes
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Formulation of a coherent and consistent site-wide editorial policy and style guide
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Recruitment of additional content creators, topic editors
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Development of interactive resources, datasets
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Develop basis for community involvement
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Explore routes to monetisation and sustainable growth through e.g. donations, sponsorship to maintain freedom of access