Thursday, 24 August 2017

Breakthrough in magnesium batteries

Magnesium batteries are safe – unlike traditional lithium ion batteries, they are not flammable or subject to exploding – but until now their ability to store energy has been limited. Researchers have reported a new design for the battery cathode, drastically increasing the storage capacity and upending conventional wisdom that the magnesium-chloride bond must be broken before inserting magnesium into the host.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824101804.htm



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