[00:00:00] Dagogo Altraide Create clip Hi. Welcome to another cold fusion video. So in the last video that I did about the Tesla battery about a month ago, I said that if it did well, do a follow up video on a new carbon dioxide battery that was achieved by the University of Illinois. In this video, we'll take a look. You were what usual TV. We've all heard of lithium ion batteries. They're everywhere from your laptop and phone toe, electric cars and planes. But the main issue with them is the energy density. There are many characteristics of a battery that matter. Energy density is one of them, but you want to be able to charge it rapidly. Of course, you want it to be last as long as possible with a lot of consumer electronics products, we often change the product before we change the battery because we want a new generation of whatever it is. But when you move to things like electric vehicles on the grid scale storage even more, then the economics say that you know you really need that back. Creature lost a lot longer than a couple of years, and that's one of the challenges that lithium ion batteries space. Although great progress is being made to improve this, the question has to be asked, What if there was UM, or energy dense form of battery? Although there's other interesting options being developed. Lithium carbon dioxide batteries are an interesting option.
[00:01:16] Dagogo Altraide Create clip Researchers at the University of Illinois of the first to show that lithium carbon dioxide batteries could be designed to operate in a fully rechargeable manner. Their prototype can manage 500 consecutive charge and discharge cycles. Lithium carbon dioxide batteries are an attractive energy storage system because they have a specific energy density that's more than seven times current batteries. So state of the art current batteries would be about 256 what hours per kilogram. But these new lithium carbon dioxide batteries can theoretically reach 1876. What hours per kilogram? That's seven times more, and that's the exciting part about this. It means that a battery can theoretically be seven times lighter, while holding the same amount of energy will be the same weight and size, but hold seven times more energy. The former is great for concepts like electric aircraft, while the latter is great for electric cars and all electronic devices. Problem waas Until now, scientists haven't been able to develop a fully rechargeable version. This makes the potential to storm or energy virtually useless. Unfortunately, lithium carbon dioxide batteries destroy themselves during the charging and discharging process. But not anymore.
[00:02:33] Dagogo Altraide Create clip Um insulate. He Cochin, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at New Eye, sees College of Engineering speaks quote Lithium Carbon dioxide batteries have bean attractive for a long time, but in practice we have been unable to get one that is truly efficient until now. End quote. Traditionally, when a lithium carbon dioxide battery discharges, it produces lithium carbonate and carbon as a byproduct. The lithium carbonate recycles during the charge phase, but the carbon just accumulates in the catalyst, ultimately destroying the battery and leading to failure. Um, in continues quote thehe cumulation of carbon not only blocks the active sites of the catalyst and prevents carbon dioxide diffusion, but also triggers electrolyte decomposition. In the child's state end quote. This carbon buildup causes a battery of this kind to destroy itself before 100 cycles are completed. The need breakthrough battery solves this and, as mentioned earlier, pushes the number of cycles up to 500 times a men and his colleagues used new materials in their experimentation. Thes materials encouraged the thorough recycling of lithium carbonate and carbon. Stopping the carbon buildup problem.
[00:03:46] Dagogo Altraide Create clip Quote are unique. Combination of materials helps make the first carbon neutral lithium carbon dioxide battery with much more efficiency on long lasting life cycle, which will enable it to be used in advanced energy storage systems. End quote. We are producing several gigatons of carbon there exciting us every year, so that's a really big number on. We need to get rid of this. Not only we can remediate carbon, they're excited. We can also use it as a source of energy. So I wantto converted toe some useful chemicals. I don't want to leave the issues for the next generation. I want to silent here. Interestingly, computer modeling was used as part of the research process. Theoretical calculations were used to deduce a mechanism for the reversible operation of the battery, so this all does sound amazing, but a word of caution must be given you break through. Such as this are amazing in reality, but they usually require much more development before they leave the lab and become commercially viable. That being said, this'll break through. It does look very promising, and with an energy density seven times that of a typical battery. Lithium carbon dioxide batteries could become a vital part of the battery revolution in the 20 twenties. But for that we'll have to wait and see. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments section below so quickly? Just some housekeeping
[00:05:06] Host Create clip have recently come back from a trip from America for you cheap event and some business meetings, and that was cool. But that's also the reason why there's been a gap in videos. I didn't really get any time to create some videos before I left, but now I'll be getting back to posting more regularly soon. Also, if you haven't checked out Mr Beast efforts to plant 20 million trees, it's awesome. He deemed me on instagram, asking if I'd like to get involved, so I'll leave some links below so you can check it out. A $1 donation plants one tree. Okay, so thanks for watching. This has been to Gogo and you've been watching cold fusion. Don't forget to check out the cold fusion podcast and follow me on Instagram and Twitter. All right, so I'll see you again soon for the next video. Cheers, guys. Have you? I'm thinking.
