New aluminum-ion battery from Stanford
Channel: Stanford ENERGY
Date: 2015-04-01

Stanford University Professor Hongjie Dai and colleagues have developed the first high-performance aluminum battery that’s fast charging, long lasting and inexpensive. The flexible, non-flammable device produces 2 volts of electricity. The research team was able to generate 5 volts - enough to power a smartphone - using two aluminum batteries and a converter.

In this video, graduate student Ming Gong and postdoctoral scholar Yingpeng Wu demonstrate how the new technology could offer a safe alternative to lithium-ion and other batteries in wide use today. 

Producer: Mark Shwartz, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford

Date: April 3, 2015

MORE INFORMATION:
https://energy.stanford.edu/news/aluminum-battery-stanford-offers-safe-alternative-conventional-batteries

Nature magazine (April 16, 2015):
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v520/n7547/full/nature14340.html

Dai Laboratory: http://dailab.stanford.edu/

Precourt Institute for Energy: https://energy.stanford.edu/