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Stanford Creates Pomegranate-inspired Battery

posted by LaminatorX on Saturday March 01 2014, @02:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the three-seeds-from-Hades dept.

TheUnknownCoder writes:

"Researchers at Stanford University have taken inspiration from the pomegranate to design a supercharged anode battery. Working in collaboration with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the team used the pomegranate's unique seed design to make a battery that can store 10 times more charge than a standard rechargeable lithium-ion battery."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by resignator on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:19PM

    by resignator (3126) on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:19PM (#9232)

    From the TFA:

    "They need to simplify the process and find a cheaper source of silicon nanoparticles. One possible source is rice husks: They’re unfit for human food, produced by the millions of tons and 20 percent silicon dioxide by weight."

    Very interesting but isnt silicon dioxide basically sand? Why not just use the sand and rocks which make up 90% of earth's mass and refine the processes for that instead?

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Khyber on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:39PM

    by Khyber (54) on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:39PM (#9240) Journal

    Same reason we're not really using it for regular ol' processors. It's loaded with contaminants. The rice husks would be a better source for already nanoparticle sized bits of silicon dioxide.

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    • (Score: 1) by resignator on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:55PM

      by resignator (3126) on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:55PM (#9249)

      Thanks, I knew someone would clear that up for me. A colleague of mine was arguing that it had more to do with the nations that make our electronics having a ready supply of rice husks and a lack of good sand. I thought the process for obtaining silicon dioxide was already a rather cheap process that could simply be ramped up so why reinvent the wheel. I stand corrected. Size does matter :P

  • (Score: 1) by blackpaw on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:07PM

    by blackpaw (2554) on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:07PM (#9255)

    Probably not nano particle sized.