Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, published an article outlining a world-first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries.
Imagine an entire 20 story concrete building which can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering recently published an article outlining a new concept for rechargeable batteries – made of cement.
The ever-growing need for sustainable building materials poses great challenges for researchers.
Doctor Emma Zhang, formerly of Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, joined Professor Luping Tang’s research group several years ago to search for the building materials of the future. Together they have now succeeded in developing a world-first concept for a rechargeable cement-based battery.
One of the areas where renewable energy has great potential is in repurposing entire urban spaces to hide components in plain sight. A novel example is outlined in a new study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology (CUT), who presented a new cement-based battery that could form the building blocks of entire structures to store energy harvested by renewables.
While researching how to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete, the team at CUT drew from previous work on concrete as a means for power storage such as the work done by the SoftBank-backed Energy Vault.
Rechargeable concrete building blocks
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