Hi Mark, an' EVery body; I HOPE they arent obtanium? BYT I've this EV =
thing , what? 40 YEARS! The "Wonderful all concouring battery is STILL out =
there? Remember Bob Aronson's "Tri-Polar offerings back in the 70's? They =
weren't a bad baddery. but he NEHVER enough of them. Remember my post BOUT =
BUING THE AMC gREMLEIN CAR? had THAT BEEN DONE THERE WOULD BE e GREMLEN =
RALLIES NOWADAZE?But Production? OTHER than the Citi-car daze, never =
happened, sigh.However I felt that the Toipcar COULDA made it, especially i=
n =
FLA CA , MM, AZ? places that don't have weather? Well they SO. just ot hot =
for human habitation!But thats why Hartops were invented?You serf boards =
would fit fine in the car for the surf being in Phoexix<G>?I SAW that =
billboard on I-10 outsides of Peonix;" Prime seas sides, buy now" A =
beaitiful serfside painting pix was there!I sez;" He MOST know SOMETHING =
that I wasn't aware?"Wish I snapaed a pix!
Sea Ya;
Bob
----- Original Message ----- =
From: "Mark Hanson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:46 AM
Subject: [EVDL] New Organic Batteries
I wonder if these are made of Unobtanium? I haven't seen any on the market.
mark in roanoke, VA www.reevadiy.org
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:01 PM
Subject: New Organic Batteries
The development of new organic batteries =97 lightweight energy storage =
devices that work without the need for toxic heavy metals =97 has a brighte=
r =
future now that chemists have discovered a new way to pass electrons back =
and forth between two molecules. The research is also a necessary step =
toward creating artificial photosynthesis, where fuel could be generated =
directly from the sun, much as plants do.
University of Texas at Austin chemists Christopher Bielawski and Jonathan =
Sessler led the research, which was published in Science.
When molecules meet, they often form new compounds by exchanging electrons. =
In some cases, the electron transfer process creates one molecule with a =
positive charge and one molecule with a negative charge. Molecules with =
opposite charges are attracted to each other and can combine to form =
something new.
In their research, the chemists created two molecules that could meet and =
exchange electrons but not unite to form a new compound.
=93These molecules were effectively spring-loaded to push apart after =
interacting with each other,=94 says Bielawski, professor of chemistry. =93=
After =
electron transfer occurs, two positively charged molecules are formed which =
are repelled by each other, much like magnets held in a certain way will =
repel each other. We also installed a chemical switch that allowed the =
electron transfer process to proceed in the opposite direction.=94
Sessler adds, =93This is the first time that the forward and backward =
switching of electron flow has been accomplished via a switching process at =
the molecular scale.=94 Sessler is the Roland K. Pettit Centennial Chair in =
Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin and a visiting professor at =
Yonsei University.
Bielawski says this system gives important clues for making an efficient =
organic battery. He says understanding the electron transfer processes in =
these molecules provides a way to design organic materials for storing =
electrical energy that could then be retrieved for later use.
=93I would love it if my iPhone was thinner and lighter, and the battery =
lasted a month or even a week instead of a day,=94 says Bielawski. =93With =
an =
organic battery, it may be possible. We are now starting to get a handle on =
the fundamental chemistry needed to make this dream a commercial reality.=
=94
The next step, he says, is to demonstrate these processes can occur in a =
condensed phase, like in a film, rather than in solution.
Organic batteries are made of organic materials instead of heavy metals. =
They could be lightweight, could be molded into any shape, have the =
potential to store more energy than conventional batteries and could be =
safer and cheaper to produce.
The molecular switch could also be a step toward developing a technology =
that mimics plants=92 ability to harvest light and convert it to energy. Wi=
th =
such a technology, fuel could be produced directly from the sun, rather tha=
n =
through a plant mediator, such as corn.
=93I am excited about the prospect of coupling this kind of electron transf=
er =
=91molecular switch=92 with light harvesting to go after what might be an =
improved artificial photosynthetic device,=94 says Sessler. =93Realizing th=
is =
dream would represent a big step forward for science.=94
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thing , what? 40 YEARS! The "Wonderful all concouring battery is STILL out =
there? Remember Bob Aronson's "Tri-Polar offerings back in the 70's? They =
weren't a bad baddery. but he NEHVER enough of them. Remember my post BOUT =
BUING THE AMC gREMLEIN CAR? had THAT BEEN DONE THERE WOULD BE e GREMLEN =
RALLIES NOWADAZE?But Production? OTHER than the Citi-car daze, never =
happened, sigh.However I felt that the Toipcar COULDA made it, especially i=
n =
FLA CA , MM, AZ? places that don't have weather? Well they SO. just ot hot =
for human habitation!But thats why Hartops were invented?You serf boards =
would fit fine in the car for the surf being in Phoexix<G>?I SAW that =
billboard on I-10 outsides of Peonix;" Prime seas sides, buy now" A =
beaitiful serfside painting pix was there!I sez;" He MOST know SOMETHING =
that I wasn't aware?"Wish I snapaed a pix!
Sea Ya;
Bob
----- Original Message ----- =
From: "Mark Hanson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:46 AM
Subject: [EVDL] New Organic Batteries
I wonder if these are made of Unobtanium? I haven't seen any on the market.
mark in roanoke, VA www.reevadiy.org
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:01 PM
Subject: New Organic Batteries
The development of new organic batteries =97 lightweight energy storage =
devices that work without the need for toxic heavy metals =97 has a brighte=
r =
future now that chemists have discovered a new way to pass electrons back =
and forth between two molecules. The research is also a necessary step =
toward creating artificial photosynthesis, where fuel could be generated =
directly from the sun, much as plants do.
University of Texas at Austin chemists Christopher Bielawski and Jonathan =
Sessler led the research, which was published in Science.
When molecules meet, they often form new compounds by exchanging electrons. =
In some cases, the electron transfer process creates one molecule with a =
positive charge and one molecule with a negative charge. Molecules with =
opposite charges are attracted to each other and can combine to form =
something new.
In their research, the chemists created two molecules that could meet and =
exchange electrons but not unite to form a new compound.
=93These molecules were effectively spring-loaded to push apart after =
interacting with each other,=94 says Bielawski, professor of chemistry. =93=
After =
electron transfer occurs, two positively charged molecules are formed which =
are repelled by each other, much like magnets held in a certain way will =
repel each other. We also installed a chemical switch that allowed the =
electron transfer process to proceed in the opposite direction.=94
Sessler adds, =93This is the first time that the forward and backward =
switching of electron flow has been accomplished via a switching process at =
the molecular scale.=94 Sessler is the Roland K. Pettit Centennial Chair in =
Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin and a visiting professor at =
Yonsei University.
Bielawski says this system gives important clues for making an efficient =
organic battery. He says understanding the electron transfer processes in =
these molecules provides a way to design organic materials for storing =
electrical energy that could then be retrieved for later use.
=93I would love it if my iPhone was thinner and lighter, and the battery =
lasted a month or even a week instead of a day,=94 says Bielawski. =93With =
an =
organic battery, it may be possible. We are now starting to get a handle on =
the fundamental chemistry needed to make this dream a commercial reality.=
=94
The next step, he says, is to demonstrate these processes can occur in a =
condensed phase, like in a film, rather than in solution.
Organic batteries are made of organic materials instead of heavy metals. =
They could be lightweight, could be molded into any shape, have the =
potential to store more energy than conventional batteries and could be =
safer and cheaper to produce.
The molecular switch could also be a step toward developing a technology =
that mimics plants=92 ability to harvest light and convert it to energy. Wi=
th =
such a technology, fuel could be produced directly from the sun, rather tha=
n =
through a plant mediator, such as corn.
=93I am excited about the prospect of coupling this kind of electron transf=
er =
=91molecular switch=92 with light harvesting to go after what might be an =
improved artificial photosynthetic device,=94 says Sessler. =93Realizing th=
is =
dream would represent a big step forward for science.=94
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