Graphine enhanced batteries coming closer to reality.

[AztecBill]

www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research/materials-rd/malaysia-firms-develop-graphene-batteries-electric-buses-2014-11/

Graphine use in batteries will be a game changer. Batteries are not quite at the point where they really can move us off fossil fuels for transportation. Increasing the power held in the batteries and decreasing recharge time sufficiently would change that. Graphine can be used to accomplish that. Hybrids that use enhanced batteries could get far better mileage per gallon and require a far smaller engine. The end game is to find a another source for the electric engine to create the hybrid, such as fuel cell. If the amount of h2 needed for a fuel cell is small due to enhanced batteries in the hybrid, a method to create h2 at home could be found, since not much would be needed.

This is one place all that money wasted on global warming ($2 billion a year) should be invested. The others places involve the electrical grid. They are fusion and 4th generation nuclear.

I don't think increased CO2 is a problem but things that we should be doing will reduce our production of CO2 long before most people, and experts, think will happen.

There are still some technical hurdles but this is the future of energy and we need to make sure we are not following. Investment in windmills and large scale solar are folly.

[AlwaysAnAztec]

Extended range battery technology is the holy grail for electric vehicles.

It would be great if I could get another 50+ miles out of my Leaf.

[AztecBill]

Nov 6, 2014 9:03:08 GMT -8 AlwaysAnAztec said:

Extended range battery technology is the holy grail for electric vehicles.

It would be great if I could get another 50+ miles out of my Leaf.

Graphene promises not only extended range but very fast charging. The fast charge also makes regenerative charging (using the car's momentum to charge the battery whenever the gas is not pressed) to be more effective.

[Luchador El Guerrero Azteca]

Bill, part of the other technology was the lack of titanium and the high cost. Does this alleviate that problem?


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[AztecBill]

Nov 6, 2014 11:43:27 GMT -8 Luchador El Guerrero Azteca said:

Bill, part of the other technology was the lack of titanium and the high cost. Does this alleviate that problem?


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Yes. They can make batteries with current Li-on technology but make them much better with Graphene.

[AztecBill]

It is interesting that technology usage expands exponentially but humans think and assume progress happens linearly. That means that most technology under performs, early, relative to expectations but then seemingly explodes onto the scene. All the while it simply expands exponentially. Exponential expansion seems very small early in the usage.

There are so many potential uses for Graphene, it will be real interesting to see where the early limited quantity is used. Computer companies think that using Graphene they can actually store data at a bit per atom. Right now it takes 10⁷ atoms to store a bit. Samll amount of Graphene mixed with plastic can make plastic perform like copper and other metals in electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity. That opens a huge market for the mixture of those two products. Using the plastic we see in soda bottles with a small mix of Graphene we can replace metals used for almost anything but strength.