Wood Nanobattery Could Be Green Option For Large-Scale Energy Storage

cylonlover writes "Li-ion batteries may be ok for your smartphone, but when it comes to large-scale energy storage, the priorities suddenly shift from compactness and cycling performance (at which Li-ion batteries excel) to low cost and environmental feasibility (in which Li-ion batteries still have much room for improvement). A new 'wood battery' could allow the emerging sodium-ion battery technology to fit the bill as a long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly battery for large-scale energy storage."

Comments

Just when you got the virus problem licked

[Ukab the Great]

Now your laptop can be infested with termites and attract hungry chimps.

Wood battery

[fustakrakich]

The rest of us call it charcoal...

Re:Li-ion batteries

[mcgrew]

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the subject. The article is well worth reading. What's kept NA-ion batteries away is that their anodes only last 20 cycles. They solved the problem with wood fibers covered with carbon nanotubes, and these can stand hundreds of cycles.

Again, TFA is worth reading.

Now waiting for the inevitable "that article gave me wood" joke...

Re:Li-ion batteries

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Shit that article not only gave me wood but made it swell 420% over normal capacity!

Pity that your tube was so nano to begin with...

Re:thing of the past

[RenderSeven]

Well, Amazon has graphene and they have supercaps, so just buy them together for a nifty savings. Also, given the clever and unexpected ways UPS can mangle a package, odds are good that eventually they would arrive fused into a workable single item.