Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and University Jilin developed an innovative, environmentally friendly method of stainless steel recirculation to manufacture new electrodes for potassium-ion reloading batteries.
Electrodes obtained from corroded stainless steel nets has applications in the electronic industry and is great for the manufacture of flexible electronic devices. Good conductivity in such electrodes is crucial for the use of energy storage in electronic devices.
The expected growth of portable electronics, the need for the requirements for improving the battery and a huge increase in the production of electric vehicles, such as Tesla cars and others, in the coming years indicate the need for exponential growth in renewable energy sources. In turn, this requires the development of large -scale energy storage systems to use networks.
In the past, studies of large solutions for energy storage led to the emergence of the first lithium-ion rechargeable battery, commercialized Sony in 1991. It was then that electronics and, in particular, the production of mobile devices were completely transformed.
The proposed method opens up new opportunities for re -use of stainless steel regarding new applications with value added, which are of great importance for promoting efforts to create a resource -saving and environmentally friendly society - Professor Xin -Bo Zhan.
Despite the high efficiency and suitability for use on a small and medium scale, lithium-ion batteries have a limited life cycle. In addition, they represent the problems of environmental, safe and thermal control. In other words, they are no longer the best option.
Today, stability, as well as the high cost of lithium extraction and its limited availability prompted researchers to look for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. New technologies and applications require the creation of the next generation of rechargeable superbathers who work more efficiently with renewable energy sources and have better conductivity.
sodium against potassium: why potassium is the best choice
A few years ago, sodium-ion was widely seen as an alternative to replacing lithium-ion batteries. Sodium (sixth the most common element found in the earth's crust) is cheaper, not toxic and more common than lithium.
potassium, (Seventh The most common element
