Water-based battery "safe, efficient, non-toxic"
Water-based battery "safe, efficient, non-toxic"
interestingengineering.com
A new battery tech that is safe, efficient, and non-toxic
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What's the purpose of this photo?
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It's the Matrix; WE are the batteries...
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"Water based"? Nice clickbait.
They're aluminum-based, and water is one of the components (the base) of the electrolyte.
I hate that "journalism" can't even bother to get basic details right, but I guess they'd lose our on their sensationalist headlines.
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Oh this story again. 🤦‍♂️
So it's half the voltage of lithium cells, and 3.75x less cycle lifetime, and 3x less energy density. So you need 8x the cells to reach the same energy capacity and you need to swap the pack 4x sooner to match the lifetime. This is a nonsensical idea on its face and this story has been recycled more in the past two months than it should have been.
This sounds worse than lead acid
Sure, but do you remember what lithium batteries were like 20 years ago? I don't, not really at least, because they were all NiMH or some other tech. Why take a dump on a new tech that may prove useful? The article talks about this being a potential replacement for lithium, not yet ready, but it was briefly, and at the end.