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This Algae Battery Could Power A Tesla With 200X The Charge
by Sarah Buhr
techcrunch.com
In a small lab, near a lake at the edge of West Berkeley, sits the prototype of what could revolutionize battery power as we know it. The secret to this power? Algae.
OK, just hang with me here. Lots of research has already been done on algae’s possible power capabilities. Prototype creator Adam Freeman says this new kind of battery, the one he’s working on, could power even a Tesla. And he says it could do it 200X greater than the current lithium-based battery used today.
He’s created a research company called alGAS that aims to prove just that.
Freeman says the algae battery also charges faster and lasts longer than current ion batteries used in, say, your cell phone, iPad… or a Tesla. As Freeman explains, paper-thin fibers in algae provide an easier surface for ions to get through, resulting in a charge in as little as 11 seconds, not minutes or hours.
Here is how a current battery charges, using lots of what we currently mine may be going extinct or, worse, cause cancer:
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/06/this-algae-battery-could-power-tesla.html
