The Hazards of Charging USB-C Equipped Cells In-Situ
The Hazards of Charging USB-C Equipped Cells In-Situ
Sustainability-inspired cell design for a fully #recyclable #SodiumIon battery
Tiefeng Liu, Yaping Zhang, Chao Chen, Zhan Lin, Shanqing Zhang , Jun Lu
Nature Communications, 2019 Apr 29
"Effective #recycling technologies represent a solution to the #sustainability and environmental consequences of spent #RechargeableBatteries . Here, the authors show a bipolar electrode design that allows not only good electrochemical performance but a closed loop of material use for sodium ion batteries."
Read more:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6488666/
#SolarPunkSunday #Reuse #SodiumIonBatteries #NewTechnology
#GiantLeap #EWaste #EWasteRecycling #EWasteReuse

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hm hm lithium-ion rechargable AA and AAA batteries definitely exist
anybody know of specifically good brands?
(eta: so do C cells and presumably so on, same question)
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