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Cheap Proton Batteries Compete With Lithium On Energy Density
27 Jul 2023 | Abstracted from New Atlas
Australia's "RMIT engineers say they've tripled the energy density of cheap, rechargeable, recyclable proton flow batteries...with a specific energy density of 245 Wh/kg.
"That's as compared to the ~260-odd Wh/kg delivered by the lithium-ion batteries in a current Tesla Model 3 battery pack...Essentially, it's a different way of using hydrogen for energy storage. The proton battery works something like a reversible fuel cell..."
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