The University of California at Irvine (UCI) revealed that mya le thaia chemistry student and doctoral candidate who belongs to Dr. Penner’s select group, could have invented a battery that could be “eternal”.
According to the report published on the website of teach me about sciencethis stack would have a life time of 400 years and could be recharged in infinite times.
This discovery could help sectors such as electric cars and electronic devices that require batteries, since the recharging cycle is finite (between 1,000 and 8,000 recharges) and, when it is complete, the batteries must be discarded. In addition, their recycling is terrible: old batteries cannot be reused and the manufacturing material is highly polluting both for the environment and for people.
What would be the solution for this problem? Well, an “eternal” battery, with better technology and that can be recharged infinitely, reducing production costs and its harmful footprint against the Earth.
The “eternal” battery of Mya Le Thai
Mya Le Thai found a way to strengthen the gold nanowires in a battery. To generate a more robust structure, sprayed a layer of manganese dioxide and then wrapped the wires in an electrolyte made from a gel resembling plexiglass.
The unexpected happened: by working together with this mixture, made gold nanowires unbreakable. It is important to remember that gold is a valued semiconductor of electricity.
In another step, the chemistry student put the battery to the test and exposed it to charges and discharges for more than three months, until it reached 200,000 recharges, an extremely high figure. With this practice, the future doctor invented this infinite battery that can replace conventional lithium batteries.
