last highlighted date: 2022-08-29
Highlights
- Well, first off, aluminium, sulphur, and chloro-aluminate salts are all abundant, easy to access, and cheap. This not only means that this battery has the potential to be six times cheaper than an equivalent lithium-ion battery, but it can also have a smaller carbon footprint rely less on harmful mining. So it will be better for the planet and our wallets.
- In tests, this battery was able to fully charge in less than a minute! Now, the battery does need to be at 110 degrees Celsius to achieve this speed, as it will charge 25 times slower at 25 degrees Celsius.
- and some are as high as 270 Wh/kg. But calculations show that aluminium-sulphur batteries could be as high as 1392 Wh/kg!