Sugar battery

A sugar battery is an enzymatic biofuel cell type rechargeable battery that is sugar-based. In 2014, researchers at Virginia Tech developed a battery that is run on sugar and closely competes with lithium-ions. They have an energy storage of 596 Ah kg−1, which is more than lithium-ions. If these batteries are proven, they could be used as soon as three years from now.[1] These batteries can be used to power a cell phone for ten days, unlike the current li-ions that can only be used for one day.[2] These biobatteries are cheaper to make, refillable, environmentally friendly and nonflammable.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Re-chargable sugar-based battery outperforms lithium ion, researchers say", Canadian Manufacturing, 22 January 2014
  2. ↑ New bio-batteries running on sugar may replace lithium-ion batteries, NDTV Gadgets, 3 March 2014
  3. ↑ Sugar Batteries Runs 10x Longer Than Lithium-ion Batteries, International Business Times, 31 August 2014, Sarmistha Acharya

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