01-Sep-2021 | Market Research Store
Environmental resources are continuously deteriorating owing to the growing population.The propulsion observed in the rate of energy consumption compelled scientists to think of analternativesource of energy to fulfil the demand.The evolution of sustainable architecture offers a new ray of hope to prevent the abuse of limited environmental resources.
A team of researchers at Chalmers University has been engaged in fabricating a long-lasting energy reservoir that can be equipped inside the building material. The team under the guidance of Professor Luping Tang conceptualizedthe world’s first rechargeable cement-based battery. This working model is composed ofmetal-coated carbon fiberwith iron acting as anode and nickel as a cathode. This potential difference would make the whole infrastructure of a building corrosion resistant.According to the researchers, this rechargeable cement battery model canrelease energy with a density of 0.8 watthours per liter.Emma Zhang, a researchanalystas well as aco-worker with Tang, stated that the energy generated by this novel cement-based battery infrastructure would not be similar to the energy generated by the commercially available Li-ion batteries. However, the upgraded model is ten times more efficient than the previously developed cement batteries.
Researchers are claiming that this cement-based battery model can be operated through solar power. Also, thesensors installed in the infrastructure will locate the corrosive spots and cracks at the outset, making it work as a regulating system in bridges. In reference to the engineering and facts,cement lasts for more than 50 years while batteriesdo not have suchan extended lifespan.Hence, the milestone of the researchers was to design durable cement batteries, which can operate efficiently for atleast 50 Years. Else, the infrastructure of the sustainable building should be constructed in such a way that the inbuilt batteries can be replaced easily when damaged.
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