{"id":184713,"date":"2024-03-09T03:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/new-water-batteries-are-cheaper-recyclable-and-wont-explode"},"modified":"2024-03-09T03:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:03:30","slug":"new-water-batteries-are-cheaper-recyclable-and-wont-explode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/new-water-batteries-are-cheaper-recyclable-and-wont-explode","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018Water Batteries\u2019 Are Cheaper, Recyclable, And Won\u2019t Explode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zKsYJCXNh_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Water and electronics don\u2019t usually mix, but as it turns out, batteries could benefit from some H<sub>2<\/sub>O.<\/p>\n<p>By replacing the hazardous chemical electrolytes used in commercial batteries with water, scientists have developed a recyclable \u2018water battery\u2019 \u2013 and solved key issues with the emerging technology, which could be a safer and greener alternative.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Water batteries\u2019 are formally known as aqueous metal-ion batteries. These devices use metals such as magnesium or zinc, which are cheaper to assemble and less toxic than the materials currently used in other kinds of batteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water and electronics don\u2019t usually mix, but as it turns out, batteries could benefit from some H2O. By replacing the hazardous chemical electrolytes used in commercial batteries with water, scientists have developed a recyclable \u2018water battery\u2019 \u2013 and solved key issues with the emerging technology, which could be a safer and greener alternative. \u2018Water batteries\u2019 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}