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Dual Carbon Battery, who's main ingredient is cotton, looks to usurp Lithium…

May 14, 2014 by Paul Spoerry 7 Comments

Dual Carbon Battery, who's main ingredient is cotton, looks to usurp Lithium Ion and eventually power cars
They claim:
* Charges 20x faster than the best lithium ion batteries
* Usable life of 3,000 charge cycles
* Is 100% recycleable
* 300 mile range electric vehicles possible without massive battery packs

Sound to good to be true? The guys developing it are the ones who developed the massive battery pack used in the #TeslaMotors  Model S (also has 300 mile range but requires a giant battery pack to do so) and the Toyota Prius. 

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. Nils Kristian Brekke says

    May 14, 2014 at 4:31 pm

    3000 charge cycles sound like it will die fairly quickly. It's still a few years for a car, but I could see it break in grid applications rather rapidly.

  2. Chris Norman says

    May 14, 2014 at 4:53 pm

    It's made from cotton, though. I would like to know what condition the cotton is in when it's done.

  3. Nils Kristian Brekke says

    May 14, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    I don't disagree at all. It just seems it has to get a few improvements before it's viable in things that go through a lot of charge cycles. The "20x" faster argument only really holds if it doesn't need to be charged all the time as well. If the capacity is too low it will just die in 3 years or less.

  4. Chris Norman says

    May 14, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    True; but I'm not sure we can measure the costs of such a batter against Lithium batteries today. 
    Such a battery as this (being 100% recyclable), could be many times less expensive, and it'd shift the costs from cooling systems / exotic raw materials to regularly scheduled maintenance. 
    If there's no short circuit for discharge, that might even be something the consumer could do.

  5. Paul Spoerry says

    May 14, 2014 at 5:28 pm

    They state that the discharge is safe and one of the advantages +Chris Norman. Also… it starts as cotton but only in that they turn the cotton into carbon that they use for the battery.

  6. Chris Norman says

    May 14, 2014 at 5:45 pm

    Yes, I understood that about the safety and discharge – but good to know about how they use the cotton. It's a highly renewable raw material. 

  7. Thomas Wrobel says

    May 14, 2014 at 7:35 pm

    Cool.

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