Jimmy Jiang envisions a future where every house is powered by renewable energy stored in batteries—perhaps even those he and his students are designing today.
In his chemistry lab, Jiang and his students at the University of Cincinnati have created a new battery that could have profound implications for the large-scale energy storage needed by wind and solar farms.
Innovations such as UC's will have profound effects on green energy, Jiang said. Batteries store renewable energy for when it's needed, not just when it's produced. This is crucial for getting the most out of wind and solar power, he said.
"Energy generation and energy consumption is always mismatched," he said. "That's why it's important to have a device that can store that energy temporarily and release it when it's needed."
They described their novel design in the journal Nature Communications.
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