June 3, 2023
...AND CHEAPER...:
SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE PHONE BATTERIES LAST FOR 9 YEARS: '[THERE'S] A WHOLE RANGE OF POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS' (Jeremiah Budin, May 30, 2023, The Cool Down)
The team of researchers from the RMIT School of Engineering used a nanomaterial called MXene to create a battery that could last up to nine years. ScienceDaily reports that this battery could become a viable alternative to the industry standard lithium-ion batteries, which wear out very quickly and are a challenge to recycle.MXene has high electrical conductivity, similar to graphene, but with even more benefits because of how malleable it is, according to the researchers."Unlike graphene, MXenes are highly tailorable and open up a whole range of possible technological applications in the future," Professor Leslie Yeo, the lead senior researcher on the project, told ScienceDaily.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 3, 2023 6:08 PM