Breathing battery boosts buzz

dustindriver | Categroies: Engineering, Environment, Gadgets, Green Tech | | Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

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A new battery tech named STAIR (St Andrew’s Air) could store 10 times the power of a typical lithium-ion battery, yet weigh considerably less.

During discharge, the battery breathes in atmospheric oxygen, which reacts with carbon to crank out more power.

The new battery tech is being developed at the University of St Andrews Chemistry Department and is, of course, “at least five years away.”

Link to Telegraph article

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