Current Electric Cars

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This isn't to just bump the thread, it's just a fantastic idea in regards of electric cars that could be a
game-changer.

The idea doesn't help in the logistics of electric-fuel availability, but it could widen the spaces between
pumping stations. It'll be interesting to see how this notion is approached by Big-Oil!

However, the realities of changing the current situation of vehicle manufacturing and all it's trickle-down
benefits in the global economy, will probably mean this idea will be purchased and used in another capacity.

(Oh -and it's scary when I take a post from one website and then clicking onto the Rogue Nation site's
Search facility, the first-thing it offers is 'electric cars'!! WTF?!)

Researchers say new 'flow battery' could charge electric cars in seconds

'Vehicles would no longer need hours to charge with the pumpable liquid able to store high amounts
of electricity and hydrogen.



Electric cars could be charged up and ready to go within seconds, according to scientists developing
a new type of energy storage system.

Chemists from the University of Glasgow have developed a flow battery system using a nano-molecule
that can store electric power or hydrogen gas in a new hybrid energy storage system.

Speaking about their "hybrid-electric-hydrogen" flow battery in the Nature Chemistry journal, they said
it was based on the design of a nanoscale battery molecule and that it could release power on demand
as electricity or as hydrogen gas -both of which could be used to fuel cars.

According to the study, when a concentrated liquid containing the nano-molecules is made, the amount
of energy it can store increases tenfold and the energy can be released as either electricity or hydrogen
gas, allowing for flexibility in its use.

A benefit could be that electric cars would no longer need hours to charge with the material being a
pumpable liquid. It means electric car batteries could be recharged in about the same time it would
take to fill up a petrol car.
The new liquid could be used to replace old battery liquid to recharge electric vehicles.

The method was developed by Professor Leroy Cronin, Dr Mark Symes and Dr Jia Jia Chen, who say it
will pave the way for new energy storage systems for electric cars, new ways of storing renewable energy
and lead the development of electric-to-gas energy systems for when a fuel is needed.

"For future renewables to be effective, high capacity and flexible energy storage systems are needed to
smooth out the peaks and troughs in supply," said Professor Cronin.
"Our approach will provide a new route to do this electrochemically and could even have application in electric
cars where batteries can still take hours to recharge and have limited capacity.

"Moreover, the very high energy density of our material could increase the range of electric cars, and also
increase the resilience of energy storage systems to keep the lights on at times of peak demand."...'

SKY News:

Here is the actual article from Gordi's neck-of-the-woods!

LIQUID BATTERY COULD LEAD TO FLEXIBLE ENERGY STORAGE
Issued: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:00:00 BST

A new type of energy storage system could revolutionise energy storage and drop the charging time of
electric cars from hours to seconds.

In a new paper published today in the journal Nature Chemistry, chemists from the University of Glasgow
discuss how they developed a flow battery system using a nano-molecule that can store electric power
or hydrogen gas giving a new type of hybrid energy storage system that can be used as a flow battery or
for hydrogen storage.

Their ‘hybrid-electric-hydrogen’ flow battery, based upon the design of a nanoscale battery molecule can
store energy, releasing the power on demand as electric power or hydrogen gas that can be used a fuel.

When a concentrated liquid containing the nano-molecules is made, the amount of energy it can store
increases by almost 10 times. The energy can be released as either electricity or hydrogen gas meaning
that the system could be used flexibly in situations that might need either a fuel or electric power.

One potential benefit of this system is that electric cars could be charged in seconds, as the material is a
pumpable liquid. This could mean that the battery of an electric car could be “recharged” in roughly the
same length of time as petrol cars can be filled up. The old battery liquid would be removed at the same
time and recharged ready to be used again.

The approach was designed and developed by Professor Leroy (Lee) Cronin, the University of Glasgow’s
Regius Chair of Chemistry, and Dr Mark Symes, Senior Lecturer in Electrochemistry, also at the University
of Glasgow with Dr Jia Jia Chen, who is a researcher in the team.

They are convinced that this result will help pave the way for the development of new energy storage systems
that could be used in electric cars, for the storage of renewable energy, and to develop electric-to-gas energy
systems for when a fuel is required.

Professor Cronin said: “For future renewables to be effective high capacity and flexible energy storage systems
are needed to smooth out the peaks and troughs in supply.

Our approach will provide a new route to do this electrochemically and could even have application in electric cars
where batteries can still take hours to recharge and have limited capacity. Moreover, the very high energy density
of our material could increase the range of electric cars, and also increase the resilience of energy storage
systems to keep the lights on at times of peak demand.”

This research is funded by the University of Glasgow complex chemistry initiative as well as the European Research
Council (ERC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). 

University Of Glasgow: