Researchers at MIT reckon they’ve struck oil. In truth, you are looking at what they call “Cambridge crude” — a substance which can halve the load and value of EV batteries and cause them to quicker to charge too. The black goo is filled with a high concentration of energy within the type of particles suspended in a liquid electrolyte. When separated by a filter, these particles function as mobile electrodes which might be pumped into and around a system before the energy is released. So in preference to waiting as much as 20 hours to juice your Nissan Leaf , that you can potentially just pump this pre-charged substance into it — similar to dirty old gas. Previously, no such “semi-solid flow cell” was ready to hold useful quantities of energy, but these things literally oozes with it. Not just could it power EVs, it may also be used for massive-scale electricity storage for utilities. The researchers insist this energy revolution is years off — but if it comes, there’ll be blood.
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