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I’d very recently written an article on an exciting breakthrough in sodium ion batteries, which are deemed a safer and more sustainable alternative to their widespread lithium ion battery…
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I’d very recently written an article on an exciting breakthrough in sodium
ion batteries, which are deemed a safer and more sustainable
alternative to their widespread lithium ion battery
‘friends’. It now looks like there might also be some
promising advancements being made with calcium ion batteries,
another potentially safer, cheaper and more sustainable
alternative.
Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST) and Shanghai Jiao University have developed a
new type of calcium ion battery that performs much better than
previous versions. Until now, calcium ion batteries have struggled
with various technical challenges, particularly with moving the
calcium ions efficiently inside the battery and maintaining a
stable performance over multiple charging cycles. However, the
researchers have designed a new material called a quasi-solid-state
electrolyte that helps the calcium ions travel more easily between
the battery electrodes. Furthermore, tests showed a strong battery
performance, the new calcium ion batteries delivering high energy
capacity and maintaining stable operation over 1000
charge-discharge cycles. These results suggest that, in time,
calcium ion batteries could be suitable for real world applications
such as EV vehicles and renewable energy storage. This is a
fantastic result as calcium is one of the Earth’s most common
elements, which could reduce our reliance on scarce resources and
lower environmental impact.
More information on the development can be found here.
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