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Asphalt helps batteries charge more quickly─── 09:30 Sun, 08 Oct 2017
US research suggests that lithium batteries can be made to charge 10 to 20 times faster by using asphalt.
BBC reports that scientists at Rice University speeded up the charging time by making one component of a battery using carbon derived from the viscous liquid.
In tests, batteries made using asphalt charged to full power in minutes.
Researchers also found that using asphalt stopped the formation of deposits that can shorten the life of a battery.
To make their batteries, the Rice team used carbon derived from asphalt that was mixed with graphene nanoribbons and then coated with lithium metal.
Details of the research were revealed in the scientific journal ACS Nano.
BBC
