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I wonder if these are made of Unobtanium? I haven't seen any on the market.
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The development of new organic batteries =97 lightweight energy storage dev=
ices that work without the need for toxic heavy metals =97 has a brighter f=
uture now that chemists have discovered a new way to pass electrons back an=
d 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 S=
essler 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 p=
ositive charge and one molecule with a negative charge. Molecules with oppo=
site 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 e=
xchange electrons but not unite to form a new compound.
=93These molecules were effectively spring-loaded to push apart after inter=
acting with each other,=94 says Bielawski, professor of chemistry. =93After=
electron transfer occurs, two positively charged molecules are formed whic=
h 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 elec=
tron transfer process to proceed in the opposite direction.=94
Sessler adds, =93This is the first time that the forward and backward switc=
hing of electron flow has been accomplished via a switching process at the =
molecular scale.=94 Sessler is the Roland K. Pettit Centennial Chair in Che=
mistry at The University of Texas at Austin and a visiting professor at Yon=
sei University.
Bielawski says this system gives important clues for making an efficient or=
ganic battery. He says understanding the electron transfer processes in the=
se molecules provides a way to design organic materials for storing electri=
cal energy that could then be retrieved for later use.
=93I would love it if my iPhone was thinner and lighter, and the battery la=
sted 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 o=
n 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 co=
ndensed phase, like in a film, rather than in solution.
Organic batteries are made of organic materials instead of heavy metals. Th=
ey could be lightweight, could be molded into any shape, have the potential=
to store more energy than conventional batteries and could be safer and ch=
eaper to produce.
The molecular switch could also be a step toward developing a technology th=
at mimics plants=92 ability to harvest light and convert it to energy. With=
such a technology, fuel could be produced directly from the sun, rather th=
an 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 a=
n improved artificial photosynthetic device,=94 says Sessler. =93Realizing =
this dream would represent a big step forward for science.=94 =

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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
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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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