Smart Cement Doubles as a Battery

Aug-15-18 An innovative smart cement able to conduct electricity could transform buildings into batteries.

While typical conductive cements rely on expensive additions such as graphene or carbon nanotubes, the potassium-polymetric (KGP) composite cement from a team at Lancaster University gets its conductivity from a diffusion of common potassium ions. According to the team, the smart cement could store and discharge between 200 to 500W/m2, enough to power a streetlight or store the energy collected from a solar grid for later use.

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