Summary (Draft 1)- How an accidental discovery made this year could change the world

The web page “How an accidental discovery made this year could change the world” from bigthink introduces the possibility of use of the lithium-sulfur battery. Lithium ion batteries can be used to power most electronic devices or machineries.

Nonetheless they are extremely toxic to the vast ecosystems, lifecycle problems from repeated charging, battery degradation which meant higher cost required for battery replacement, cumbersome for lightweight applications and also it being flammable which led Drexel scientists to look into Lithium sulfur batteries.     

The lithium-sulfur battery eliminates the above issues however, it only has half the charging cycle of lithium-ion batteries.

To allow lithium sulfur batteries to last longer, Drexel scientists accidental discovery of a chemical phase of sulfur known as monoclinic gamma-phase sulfur prevents battery degradation.

Compared to lithium-ion batteries, Lithium-sulfur batteries last two times longer, three times more energy storage, charges equally fast, reduced battery expansion, safer, and are cheaper. Scientists have not fully understood the phase of sulfur for practical usage.

Lithium-sulfur batteries will allow more in weight-saving, longevity and its price being similar to lithium ion batteries meant that they can be used for more applications such as aerospace and marine sectors to achieve low carbon goals .

Comments

  1. Leon29 January 2023 at 22:43

    Lacking of citations at the start but overall great summary with a lot of details

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