Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe cement that could turn your house into a giant batterywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkThe cement that could turn your house into a giant batterywww.bbc.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareGrippler@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago On a laboratory bench in Cambridge, Massachusetts For now, the concrete supercapacitor can store a little under 300 watt-hours per cubic metre OK then, so this is incredibly far from being near any real world application
minus-squareThrashy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThe average American house on a basement will have something like 40 m^3 of concrete in its foundation. If all of it could be utilized, that’s still ~12kWhr of storage capacity. Nothing to be sneezed at.
OK then, so this is incredibly far from being near any real world application
The average American house on a basement will have something like 40 m^3 of concrete in its foundation. If all of it could be utilized, that’s still ~12kWhr of storage capacity. Nothing to be sneezed at.