During World War II a scientist named Georg Otto Erb developed the molten salt battery for use in military applications. The war ended before Erb’s batteries found any real use, but British ...

To show how it works, the researchers created a fishing net from the battery yarn and soaked it in seawater. When charged, ...

The researchers used a salt-based solid ... types of batteries. These reactions can lead to the growth of needle-like filaments called dendrites that can cause the battery to electrically short ...

But people work and play in oceans and estuaries, and they could benefit from flexible and saltwater-safe power sources. Now, researchers report in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces a yarn-like ...

Lithium-air batteries have the potential to store much more energy than the lithium-ion batteries we use today, making them ideal for electric vehicles and other high-power needs. However, their ...