10-14-2019, 12:05 AM
Quote:Calcium batteries promise low-cost production and high energy density. However, the electrolytes available so far have not been able to charge calcium batteries at ambient temperature. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now presented a promising electrolyte class that makes this possible for the first time. If the breakthrough is successful, efficient, large and cost-effective energy storage systems could come within reach, and the comprehensive transition to emission-free mobility and power supply would no longer be a distant vision of the future.Successor technology to lithium ions takes shape