Trying to decipher the claims made in this latest hype of a new battery technology was not easy. It's a REALLY bad translation from Chinese or the tech writer himself is Chinese with a poor command of english who tried to explain it directly. I suspect if he wrote it in Chinese and haf Google translate do the English translation, it would have been more clear.
In any event, at first I thought this was another claim of using Water as fuel to produce Hydrogen, but it's not. It's just a different Chemistry for a type of rechargeable battery to replace Li-I chemistry. The claim is that the battery has a far greater capacity for holding charge for a given size and weight. In other words, greater energy density. Based on what this guy wrote in garbled english, is it possible and what is it?
The answer is a qualified yes. The key is the materials used for Cathode and Anode. The anode is aluminum and cathode is magnesium oxide. Why it's possible is because the oxidation-reduction of aluminum atoms has about the largest potential difference of any element on the periodic table. It's sort of a Mt Everest of potential energy for electrons that a rock has thrown off the top of Everest.
Why I find it questionable is the use of water as the electrolyte and Protons fron the water as the positive ion charge carrier. That is very novel and weird battery chemistry. The author also mentions ATP as involved in this whole business somehow, which is totally out of place. ATP is an organic molecule used for energy transport in all living cells, but not in inorganic chemistry. Perhaps the author was just trying to make an analogy on energy density, otherwise it's nuts.
If the batt in fact works, it would give a much larger range between charges, though not infinite. It might give you something like a 1000 mile range though.
If they do make one, it will have a 100% tariff on it. lol.
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/first-water-battery-car/2175/
The first water battery that your car can carry: infinite autonomy without recharging
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The first water battery that your car can carry: infinite autonomy without rechargin
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