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Making disorder for an ideal battery

Published 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