Friday 28 December 2018

This most innovative battery designs of the year

The Energy Vault grid-level energy storage system uses concrete blocks, stacked in a tower

Access to energy wherever and whenever we need it is fundamental to much of modern society, keeping us warm in the winter, cool in the summer, entertained all year round, and making sure our food is safe to eat. How we store that energy is a constant work in progress, and while plenty of scientists are making important but incremental advances with inventive new materials and electrolytes, others are out to entirely reinvent what we think of as a battery. Here are five examples from 2018 that might open up new doorways in energy storage, and are thought-provoking concepts that came from thinking outside the square.

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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2VfBooL

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