Steel Mesh Could Offer Better Battery Storage

Steel Mesh Could Offer Better Battery Storage
Jan-23-18
An innovative new membrane from MIT could help usher in commercially viable molten salt batteries.

Though very promising for storing the energy generated by renewable sources, typical examples of molten salt batteries have relied on a brittle, ceramic membrane to separate the electrodes. To offer a more robust solution, the team from MIT coated a sheet of steel mesh with titanium nitride. The sturdy, and inexpensive, mesh will keep the molecules separate using electricity instead of physical pore size, opening the door to a new generation of battery design.

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