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Mon, Dec 23

Battery News: A Proton Battery And A Battery for Mars

To replace fossil fuel as our primary energy source in the creation of electricity and in the powering of transportation, batteries are front and centre providing both storage backup for renewables as well as power to run infrastructure. One of the newest technologies is a proton battery that uses hydrogen ions, electrodes made from an organic material and a water solution to replace lithium-ion technology.ย  Another technology can harvest CO2 from the atmosphere of Mars for use in a new battery that in future may power Martian infrastructure.ย