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The Canadian website Advances in Engineering has internationally recognized the value of the research being conducted at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Professor Advanced Materials Group for Production and Storage of Energy, Antonio Fernández, and PhD in renewable energy, Juan Pablo Tafur.
Both have recently published an article on the gel polymer electrolyte type batteries applied to Zinc.
The investigation stems from zinc batteries currently marketed, including liquid electrolytes are corrosive and therefore have some risk if a leak occurs dissolution.
Explains the teacher, the polymer electrolytes to prepare laboratory of the University are a gel, ie a kind of gelatin inside the ions are transported from one electrode to another and thus maintain conductivity battery needed for work, without the danger of spilling anything.
Article show that these gels can also generate power.
Further they indicate that the gel can be applied to various types of batteries Zinc, although currently there are two types of batteries that interest to the scientific community.
The former are batteries Zinc / air, which can produce high power at a lower weight and hence makes them applicable in the automotive industry.
The latter are called Zinc ion batteries, which are believed to be good candidates to replace lithium-ion batteries.
"So far, in our laboratory we tested these gels batteries Zn / MnO2, obtaining over 125 MAG-1 shock.
Currently, these gels are also testing batteries Zn / air and have obtained initial results that we can describe as promising, "said the teacher, who did not rule out the development of new batteries Zinc / air, these could be used in the future next in the automotive field.
Fernández, Professor of Chemistry, admits that the recognition of Advances in Engineering "implies that our research reach a greater number of scientists around the world."
Remember that this is a portal dedicated to research related to engineering.
The page has a committee that reviews scientific articles published recently in the most important journals of the field and choose the most innovative.
"This is one more item of work we have developed in connection with obtaining gels which are used as polymeric electrolyte batteries Zinc and with this recognition the interest that exists in the scientific community this field of research is demonstrated," adds .
Source: UPCT
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