I liked aluminum bromide because it has a low melting point - which means somebody might stand a chance of electrolysing the stuff back into metal.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Huffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Aluminium Battery Zell, Chris wrote: > Holy crap - and I thought 40% efficiency from the zinc air battery was > lousy. > > Can a battery be made outta stuff that's highly reactive? Like > aluminum and bromine? > > I guess that's the limiting factor with chemical batteries - heat. I > wonder if there's any way to reduce the heat output while pushing more > electrons? Moin Chris, Check out Ken Susslick's work with NiMH at the U of Chicago. He was making some pretty outrageous claims for his micropowders. Last I looked, he had not yet made any deals with a manufacturer, but that may have changed. It looks like some of the manufacturers are beginning to come up with solutions to the electrode problems. That may have been what was hindering the progress with Susslick, I don't know. Knuke Knuke
