Batteries are a very important aspect to our everyday life now. From hospital back ups to an everyday flashlight. It’s become an important thing for people to gain a stronger longer lasting battery. That’s where Harvard comes in to play. This university has been making ways forward to do this very thing. They through lots of studying and testing have comes up with a liquid battery. WHat does that mean for us in the future, what will that do for all of us. Read what these scientists have discovered and how this new battery would benefit not only us individually but within science, medicine, and the world. Leaps and bounds are better for all of us if it helps us all.

Key Takeaways:

• Lithium-ion batteries power everything from phones to electricity grids but their lifespan is incredibly short, plus they’re difficult to recycle.
• The team has developed a so-called flow battery which stores energy in liquid solutions. This solution modifies the molecules in electrolytes, ferrocene and viologen to make them stable, water-soluble, and stop them degrading over time.
• The research is hoping to crack a Department of Energy goal of building a battery that can store energy for less than $100 (£80) per kilowatt-hour.

“Having identified that molecule viologen in the negative electrolyte was decomposing, the team was able to modify its molecular structure to make it more stable.”

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/flow-battery-energy-grids-harvard-university