Sugar-powered biobattery has 10 times the energy storage of lithium: Your smartphone might soon run on enzymes

Sugar-powered biobattery has 10 times the energy storage of lithium: Your smartphone might soon run on enzymes

  7:33:00 PM    Science Lover

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As you probably know, from sucking down cans of Coke and masticating on candy, sugar — glucose, fructose, sucrose, dextrose — is an excellent source of energy. Biologically speaking, sugar molecules are energy-dense, easy to transport, and cheap to digest. There is a reason...

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Lithium-sulfur batteries last longer with nanomaterial-packed cathode

Lithium-sulfur batteries last longer with nanomaterial-packed cathode

  8:49:00 PM    Science Lover

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Electric vehicles could travel farther and more renewable energy could be stored with lithium-sulfur batteries that use a unique powdery nanomaterial. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a nickel-based metal organic framework, shown here in...

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