A few months ago, on Matter to Life, we featured a battery built around surprisingly simple ingredients: salt and glycerol. The idea was that battery research need not always pursue ever more exotic materials; it could also start with substances that are inexpensive, low in toxicity, and readily available. (From salt…)
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Green Energy
From Salt and Glycerol: A New Chemistry for the Batteries of the Future
In the debate on the energy transition, attention often focuses on increasingly high-performance batteries or new “revolutionary” materials. Less often do we stop to consider which substances actually make these devices work, and how toxic, safe, or sustainable they are. A recent study published in Green Chemistry, led by a team of…