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05 Nov 2009 HEADLINE


Metallic-Air Battery Could Have 11 Times Energy of Lithium



Source: Technology Review
Class: SYNDICATED NEWS

SYNOPSIS: Arizona State spin-off is targeting energy densities of at least 900 watt-hours per kilogram and up to 1,600 watt-hours per kilogram in the DOE-funded project.

A spinoff from Arizona State University says it can develop a metal-air battery that dramatically outperforms the best lithium-ion batteries on the market, and now it has the funding it needs to prove it.

The U.S. Department of Energy last week awarded a $5.13-million research grant to Scottsdale, AZ-based Fluidic Energy toward development of a metal-air battery that relies on ionic liquids, instead of an aqueous solution, as its electrolyte.

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