Researchers have developed a lithium ion battery made of sand that outperforms the current standard by three times. Credit: UC Riverside.
Annie Goedkoop, Director of Publications for ECS ran across this story in Phys.org.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have created a lithium ion battery that outperforms the current industry standard by three times. The key material: sand. Yes, sand.
“This is the holy grail – a low cost, non-toxic, environmentally friendly way to produce high performance lithium ion battery anodes,” said Zachary Favors, a graduate student working with Cengiz and Mihri Ozkan, both engineering professors at UC Riverside.
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