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Stanford Creates Pomegranate-inspired Battery

posted by LaminatorX on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:00PM   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: 4, Informative) by Khyber on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:39PM

    by Khyber (54) on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:39PM (#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, @09:55PM

    by resignator (3126) on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:55PM (#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