Making disorder for an ideal battery
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Oct 12 2020 at 1:13 PM GMT
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- The lithium batteries that power our electronic devices and electric vehicles have a number of drawbacks.
- The electrolyte is a flammable liquid and the lithium they're made of is a limited resource.
- Specialists have now developed a non-flammable, solid electrolyte that operates at room temperature.
- It transports sodium - which is found everywhere on earth - instead of lithium.
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- Published Oct 12, 2020 1:13 PM GMT