UMD & Army Researchers Discover Salty Solution to Better, Safer Batteries
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 16:50
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have devised a groundbreaking "Water-in-Salt" aqueous Lithium ion battery technology that could provide power, efficiency and longevity comparable to today's Lithium-ion batteries, but without the fire risk, poisonous chemicals and environmental hazards of current Lithium batteries.