Can Zinc Batteries Compete With Lithium Ion Batteries?

ETH Zurich researchers think zinc batteries can be made cheap, efficient, durable, safe and environmentally friendly. All attributes combined would be a breakthrough for the zinc metal battery chemistry effort. The details about the study have been reported in the journal Energy & Environmental Science. Zinc batteries are considered promising alternatives to lithium-?ion batteries. Image Credit: Visualisations: ETH Zurich / Xin Zou. Click the press release link to see a larger unedited image. The world economy needs cheap and powerful batteries…