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Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion Battery (www.silicon.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] TropicalDingdong 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The battery uses a carbon electrode to store hydrogen that has been split from water, and then works as a hydrogen fuel cell to produce electricity

Carbon. Much cheaper, and basically, infinitely abundant. Big big big deal if they can scale it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

That always seems to be the rub. You can make these breakthroughs in a lab, but if they can't be translated to manufacturing, then it's not a huge achievement.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the round trip energy efficiency?

[–] TropicalDingdong 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't read anything beyond the summary