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Sugar Batteries Could Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions

Posted by timothy on from the sweet-deal dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science have developed a way to create sugar batteries that store 20% more energy than lithium-ion cells. Before it can be used as the anode in a sodium-ion battery, sucrose powder is turned into hard carbon powder by heating it to up to 1,500 degrees celsius in an oxygen-free oven." Except that swapping batteries might be a bit tricky, I can think of a perfect application for these.

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  1. Re:How is it a "sugar battery" then? by arose · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...bringing an all electric vehicle infrastructure within potential reach (on the battery end of things anyway). Lithium just isn't going to cut it.

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