We all know that the planet has a global warming problem, in which carbon dioxide contributes primarily, but scientists seem to have come up with an innovative and economical way to rid the planet of the excess amount of carbon dioxide, which could be the battery of the future.
For many years, scientists have looked for ways to absorb and store carbon dioxide underground or in the oceans, but the new method seems to have proven to be worthwhile compared to other methods.
According to researchers from the MIT Institute of Technology, the problem with the traditional methods used to absorb and isolate gas (Capturing Carbon Storing CSS) is its large energy extraction.
A 2014 study predicted that CSS systems consume up to 30 percent of the power plant's power generation capacity, and although few of the systems used store CO2 in its solid state, it does not reuse it until it benefits from it.
Another branch of CO2 science is interested in ways to convert chemicals into other types of substances that we can benefit from, such as converting gas to a fuel source that we can actually apply and use, which many researchers consider a good strategy.
In this regard, a team from the MIT Institute invented a lithium-based battery system that can absorb carbon dioxide directly from power plants and convert smoke from burning fossil fuels into co2-rich electrolyte.
In order for lithium-carbon oxide batteries to operate, they require practically a metal catalyst, because carbon monoxide is not very reactive.
The problem is that the catalyst is expensive and it is difficult to control the chemical reactions involved in the reaction.
To avoid this, the team, led by mechanical engineer Petar Galant, came up with a method of chemically converting carbon monoxide and using carbon-only electrodes, without the need for a metal catalyst.
The answer is to use CO2 in its liquid state and to mix it into an amino solution.
"As we first showed, this method activates carbon dioxide chemically more easily," Gallant said.
Non-water battery electrolyte is not usually used with a hydromyan solution, but we found that mixing between them lends an exciting behavior that can increase discharge effort and allow for a steady shift in carbon monoxide.
So far, this study is far from commercial, but trials have shown that the technology can compete with other methods of lithium-gas batteries, although many aspects need to be developed.
If we want to use lithium-carbon batteries in any field of work, we should first and foremost increase the number of charging and unloading cycles for this type, as the current number of charging and unloading cycles is limited to only 10 cycles, which greatly limits their use.
The team knows that this type of battery has many years to act as a real replacement for existing batteries and enables it to work and perform properly. But with every obstacle we pass, we are already approaching the goal that this technology will help solve an environmental problem by burying carbon dioxide underground or releasing it into the atmosphere.
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