Sci/Tech Portobello Mushrooms Used for the Production of Better Batteries

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With ever increasing use of electronic devices and electric vehicles, the demand for batteries is rising, which means more toxic waste and often illegal dumping. It is predicted that by 2020, India alone will have 7 million electric vehicle on the road, which would require more than 1 million tonnes of natural raw graphite for production with the the use of hard chemicals (sulphuric and hydrofluoric acids), creating serious environmental hazards.

This got the scientists at the University of California Riverside thinking on how to extend battery life, cut production costs, and reduce toxic waste. As a result, the UCR team have created a battery integrating the skins of a mushroom from the species Agaricus Bisporus, better known as Portabello mushrooms. The potential of this new battery is tremendous, having shown great capacity to increase over time rather than decrease. Production cost and potential environment damage have also been greatly reduced.

The previous research showed that mushrooms have a lot of pores which is a great attribute for batteries as these very small holes allow the extra space for the transfer and storage of energy, improving batteries overall performance. The other huge positive factor of mushrooms in is a high content of potassium salt which acts as an igniter for these pores to make more of the pores to be activated over longer period of time, increasing the electrolyte activity and expanding the capacity of the batteries over time.
 
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Biological machines and weaponry are gonna be a big thing one day. I'm looking forward to it.
 
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