Nanoparticle electrode for batteries could make grid-scale power storage feasible
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have used nanoparticles of a copper compound to develop a high-power battery electrode that is so inexpensive to make, so efficient and so durable that it could be used to build batteries big enough for economical large-scale energy storage on the electrical grid -- something researchers have sought for years.