A new technology to make batteries

The new tendency of the auto industry is to make cars that do not use gasoline; this makes researchers very imaginative. All wish to become the one that will be able to give these cars an autonomy and a power comparable with that delivered by gasoline.
Researchers at the University of Rice decided to try an any new approach in this field. Rather than to seek to store electrons in electrolytes, they decided to trap them behind a barrier. The latter is made up of tiny carbon nanotubes covered with a metal oxide. Each nanotube becomes a nanoscopic electric wire able to convey and to retain the electrons. These electrons could then be released according to the needs in a very fast way, also recharging is fast too.
This type of battery has other advantages, or rather the absence of the disadvantage of the Li-Ion batteries, in particular their propensity to ignite.
The researchers work to still improve the output and the capacity of these batteries. They consider that the industrial passage will not be an obstacle. It is certain that if these batteries are as effective as they announce, we will end up also finding them in our laptops and telephones.