{"id":8072,"date":"2017-02-13T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T23:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=8072"},"modified":"2017-02-13T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T23:28:10","slug":"sloshing-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/02\/13\/sloshing-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Sloshing Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium-ion batteries may be getting a companion &#8211; or competitor &#8211; at some point, based on seawater. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.unist.ac.kr\/unist-to-engineer-new-eco-battery-using-seawater\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/news.unist.ac.kr\/unist-to-engineer-new-eco-battery-using-seawater\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1487114861731000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEvUDqRlarR5vfc-s-RkYe-cIKk7g\">From <\/a><i><b>UNIST<\/b><\/i>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gmail_quote\"><p>Seawater\u00a0batteries are similar to their lithium-ion cousins since they store energy in the same way. The battery extracts sodium ions from the seawater when it\u00a0is charged with electrical energy and stores them within the cathode compartment. Upon electrochemical discharge,\u00a0sodium is released from the anode and reacts with water and oxygen from the seawater cathode to form sodium hydroxide. This process provide energy to power, for instance, an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>While seawater batteries are more cost-effective than lithium-ion batteries, they are not quite ready for commercial distribution. Part of the reason is\u00a0that\u00a0these batteries have relatively low\u00a0electrical power. output. To overcome this,\u00a0UNIST will help design a more optimized cell geometry and standardized procedures for the battery. Together with KEPCO, the research team at UNIST plans on\u00a0building cells with various sizes and shapes, thereby\u00a0enhancing\u00a0the charge rate of the battery by\u00a020 <em>Wh<\/em>. Generally, a small smartphone lithium-ion\u00a0battery stores about\u00a010 <em>Wh<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hope they have a battery disposal plan in place before they go big-time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium-ion batteries may be getting a companion &#8211; or competitor &#8211; at some point, based on seawater. From UNIST: Seawater\u00a0batteries are similar to their lithium-ion cousins since they store energy in the same way. The battery extracts sodium ions from the seawater when it\u00a0is charged with electrical energy and stores \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/02\/13\/sloshing-batteries\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8073,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072\/revisions\/8073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}