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Power the poor: Sweden makes low-cost zinc battery with 8,000 charging cycles | The battery is made from abundantly available materials and retains 80 percent of its performance over the course of 8,000 cycles.
Unlike other zinc-based batteries that discharge in just a few hours, the newly made battery can retain its charge for a week.
“Our sustainable battery offers a promising alternative where energy density is not critical,” said Ziyauddin Khan, a researcher at LiU who was involved in the work. Image credit: loveguli/iStock “Both zinc and lignin are super cheap, and the battery is easily recyclable,” said Khan in the press release. Reverant Crispin, a professor of organic electronics at LiU, wants the tech made available at low cost in low-income countries that are embracing renewable energy.
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