{"id":117503,"date":"2021-02-04T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503//?p=117503"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:56:28","slug":"ucf-developed-seawater-battery-is-safer-for-people-and-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503//ucf-developed-seawater-battery-is-safer-for-people-and-environment/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503//","title":{"rendered":"UCF-Developed Seawater Battery is Safer for People and Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

色花堂 researchers have helped develop a new, seawater-based battery that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/u2019s safer for humans and the environment than the fire-prone lithium-ion batteries that power everything from cell phones to electric cars./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/n

In a study published recently in the journal Nature Communications, UCF NanoScience Technology Center assistant professor Yang Yang and co-authors demonstrated the ability of the new design to be both durable and high performing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/n

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/u2019s important to work toward developing batteries with environmentally friendly and nonflammable components, as Americans throw billions of batteries into the trash every year./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/n

These batteries contain toxic metals and solvents that can leak from buried batteries and contaminate soil and groundwater./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/n

The new seawater battery UCF helped develop is a step in the environmentally friendly direction as it replaces the toxic solvent that current lithium-ion batteries contain with benign seawater./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/n

Current lithium-ion battery solvents are also flammable, making the batteries a fire hazard if they are damaged or overheat. They can also cause fires in landfills when improperly disposed there./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/117503/n