Rick Kazmer of The Cool Down reports on a concrete battery that may soon power devices.
- MIT and Harvard researchers have developed a revolutionary concrete battery technology that can power small devices and potentially serve as an energy storage solution.
- The innovative concrete supercapacitor uses inexpensive materials like carbon black, water, and cement, potentially reducing the cost of renewable energy storage and decreasing reliance on rare materials used in conventional batteries.
- This technology could help offset air pollution from the cement industry while providing significant energy storage capacity, with researchers suggesting that a concrete foundation could potentially meet the daily energy needs of a residential house.
“The power-storing building material could also help to offset some of the air pollution generated by the cement industry, widely reported as spewing 5-8% of worldwide planet-warming gas pollution. Those harmful, heat-trapping fumes are contributing to a warmup that is impacting even classroom performance, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.”
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