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Greener ‘water batteries’ a step closer (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] AA5B 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seems like Gatorade, a water based electrolyte, instead of an acid based electrolyte. It’s mostly about less toxic and cheaper which are pluses, but nothing really about how well they work

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

but nothing really about how well they work

There was a brief mention in the article about how they used a bismuth oxide layer to prevent dendrites from forming, that's novel and cool. However I think the bigger issue is material cost - bismuth costs much more than lead acid.

The full article is freely available here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202400237

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Hey I understood some of those words!