Technology

All-iron flow batteries hold immense potential due to...cheap, abundant iron and safe, water-based electrolytes. However, the path to the market has been blocked by technical instability on the battery’s negative side.

In these systems, the active materials tend to degrade and leak through the membrane, a process that rapidly wears out the battery and limits its practical lifespan.

To overcome existing hurdles, the Chinese team employed a “synergistic design” at the molecular level, engineering a specialized iron complex that serves as a double-layered defense.

those guys really have everything under control...amazing. in other news, the US is firing science people (probably to give more money to israel)

US, "Iron batteries are a national security threat, so we cannot allow their use in our country."

Every time you blink there is another major technological advancement happening in China. Crazy what can happen when you build a society that actually admires and respects science.

I was already excited about sodium batteries.

LiFePO4 batteries are already getting pretty cheap too. Solar even moreso

Now someone just needs to flood the market with used electric cargo vans and I may be able to achieve ✨ financial independence ✨

Excellent news. I'm assuming this is a technology different from the iron-air or rust battery