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The new battery remains 99,7% efficient after about 400 hours of use and can replace lithium, which sits in the environment for hundreds or thousands of years!
The world is rapidly transitioning to green energy, and batteries are at the heart of that movement. Working in the same technique, the University of Maryland researchers developed batteries that use a product found in the shells of crustaceans to store energy.
The new batteries are more environmentally friendly, energy efficient and affordable compared to traditional ones. Scientists are now pushing for the product to be adopted in commercial battery production. They say the use of this product is necessary due to the increased movement towards electric cars and green energy in general.
"We believe that both the biodegradability of the material, or the environmental impact, and the performance of the batteries are important for a product, which has the potential to be commercialized," said Liangbing Hu, director of the Center for Materials Innovation at the University of Maryland. and lead author of the study. Watch the video below and check it out!
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Lithium used in batteries can remain in the environment for hundreds or thousands of years.
You don't need to be a chemical scientist to know that traditional batteries can be quite harmful to the environment. For example, products such as lithium used in batteries can remain in the environment for hundreds or thousands of years.
As we know, the popularity of electric cars is continuously gaining momentum. In such circumstances, using batteries that are not eco-friendly would be an injustice to our environment. For that very reason, researchers have intensified to develop this cutting-edge technology.
New environmentally friendly batteries are inexpensive and have a high discharge capacity
It should be noted that the experiment has only been carried out in the laboratory so far and the results are very encouraging. The findings reveal that even after 400 hours of use, the electrolyte in the battery still remains effective and able to deliver more ions, which promote the generation of electricity.
This shows that it is recyclable and sustainable and this can be proven by the fact that, after five months of use, the substance in the electrolyte can be automatically decomposed. However, the remaining zinc will again be used in the processing of such batteries along with chitin.
“The design of new batteries that respect the environment, are cheap and produce high discharge capacity, is one of the most important items that must be developed in the coming years”, said Antonio J. Fernández Romero, professor of material sciences for production of energy at the University of Cartagena, in Spain.
