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Lithium-air batteries promise to be the next revolutionary alternative to the lithium-ion batteries currently used in electric cars, mobile phones and computers.
The lithium-air battery, which is still in the experimental stage of development, has 10 times the energy storage capacity of ordinary lithium-ion batteries and is much lighter. In other words, a lithium-air battery could be even more efficient and charge more efficiently if advanced catalysts are made from two-dimensional materials (materials in which electrons can move freely [flat] on a non-nanometer scale of just two dimensions [1-100nm]). Catalysts help increase the rate of chemical reactions within the battery, and depending on the type of material used, they can significantly improve the battery's ability to hold and provide energy.
Amin salehi-khojin, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the UICs school of engineering, said: "we will need very high energy densities to power new technologies used in mobile phones, laptops and especially electric cars." Salehi-khojin and his colleagues have synthesized several two-dimensional materials that can be used as catalysts. They found that some two-dimensional materials, when added as catalysts to an experimental lithium-air battery, gave the battery 10 times more energy than a lithium-air battery containing a traditional catalyst. Their findings appear in the journal advanced materials.
At the moment, electric cars average about 100 miles per charge, but if you add a two-dimensional material catalyst to a lithium-air battery, we can go nearly 400 to 500 miles per charge, which would be a real game changer, said salehi-khojin, the corresponding author of the paper. This would be a huge breakthrough in energy storage.