Lithium-air Battery Breakthrough

[Fit_Four_Life]

A research paper published in the journal Science details how the team at Cambridge University overcome obstacles in the development of lithium-air batteries. The batteries, touted as the “ultimate battery”...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-can-power-a-car-from-london-to-a6716046.html

The lithium-air battery is the holy grail of energy storage only better.

Now, thanks to a breakthrough made by scientists at Cambridge University, it may also be a lot closer to commercial reality than previously believed.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/william...breakthrough-may-mean-game-over-for-gasoline/

 

[djentleman]

I always get a little exited when I read this stuff...

...but, along with the "We're close to curing cancer!" breakthroughs that drop about every year or so I'll stay skeptical.

 

[sonicbomb]

"But the report’s authors do warn that a practical lithium-air battery still remains at least a decade away"

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