RMIT engineers say they’ve tripled the energy density of cheap, rechargeable, recyclable proton flow batteries, which can now challenge commercially available lithium-ion batteries for capacity with a specific energy density of 245 Wh/kg.

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    1 year ago

    it also lasts a lot of cycles something like 6000-8000 so it will work for decades

    Not good enough for the next 10 years.

    Energy density and charging speed must, and will, improve by much more.

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      1 year ago

      The good news is that funding is finally being given for it so advancement will happen

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      1 year ago

      Most applications assume max 2 charge/discharge cycles per day, don’t they?

      And where space is not an issue, a cheaper option could be favourable? Im afraid I don’t understand both your points

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        Im afraid I don’t understand both your points

        Of course you can’t LOL, if cycles per day and cheap is all that you can think, because I simply haven’t talked about these two topics.