One (of many) complaints against electric cars is that they take too long to “fill up” with electrons. But a group of MIT students seems to have developed a semi-solid electron-laden “fuel” that could completely how we power EV’s.
Forgoing the traditional route of storing electrons in either nickel or lithium-ion, the MIT students have figured out a way to store electricity in semi-solid flow cells. Called “Cambridge Crude,” the charged particles are stored in an electrolyte gel that can be removed and refilled when drained, not unlike how we currently fill our cars with gasoline. The gel would move between a charging area, and dispensing area, sending electrons straight to the drivetrain. Perhaps even more importantly though, this technology can (supposedly) store 10x more electricity, at half the price of current conventional battery technology.
Source: Gas 2.0 (http://s.tt/12Cup)
One (of many) complaints against electric cars is that they take too long to “fill up” with electrons. But a group of MIT students seems to have developed a semi-solid electron-laden “fuel” that could completely how we power EV’s.
Forgoing the traditional route of storing electrons in either nickel or lithium-ion, the MIT students have figured out a way to store electricity in semi-solid flow cells. Called “Cambridge Crude,” the charged particles are stored in an electrolyte gel that can be removed and refilled when drained, not unlike how we currently fill our cars with gasoline. The gel would move between a charging area, and dispensing area, sending electrons straight to the drivetrain. Perhaps even more importantly though, this technology can (supposedly) store 10x more electricity, at half the price of current conventional battery technology.
Source: Gas 2.0 (http://s.tt/12Cup)
One (of many) complaints against electric cars is that they take too long to “fill up” with electrons. But a group of MIT students seems to have developed a semi-solid electron-laden “fuel” that could completely change how we power EV’s.
Forgoing the traditional route of storing electrons in either nickel or lithium-ion, the MIT students have figured out a way to store electricity in semi-solid flow cells. Called “Cambridge Crude,” the charged particles are stored in an electrolyte gel that can be removed and refilled when drained, not unlike how we currently fill our cars with gasoline. The gel would move between a charging area, and dispensing area, sending electrons straight to the drivetrain. Perhaps even more importantly though, this technology can (supposedly) store 10x more electricity, at half the price of current conventional battery technology.
One (of many) complaints against electric cars is that they take too long to “fill up” with electrons. But a group of MIT students seems to have developed a semi-solid electron-laden “fuel” that could completely how we power EV’s.
Forgoing the traditional route of storing electrons in either nickel or lithium-ion, the MIT students have figured out a way to store electricity in semi-solid flow cells. Called “Cambridge Crude,” the charged particles are stored in an electrolyte gel that can be removed and refilled when drained, not unlike how we currently fill our cars with gasoline. The gel would move between a charging area, and dispensing area, sending electrons straight to the drivetrain. Perhaps even more importantly though, this technology can (supposedly) store 10x more electricity, at half the price of current conventional battery technology.
Source: Gas 2.0 (http://s.tt/12Cup)