Lessons from the sea: Nature shows us how to get ‘forever chemicals’ out of batteries

https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-the-sea-nature-shows-us-how-to-get-forever-chemicals-out-of-batteries-273098

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Paragone@piefed.social · 9 pts · 214d

"The results were remarkable. Our gallol-based zinc batteries maintained 52 per cent higher energy efficiency after 8,000 charge-discharge cycles compared to conventional batteries that use fluorinated binders. In practical terms, that means longer-lasting devices, fewer replacements and a smaller environmental footprint"

Why on Earth wasn't this research done years ago, as fundamental-in-the-field research?

This ought be front-page tech-news, actually..

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