Green technology is to enter the virus. Researchers have recently developed using a virus can charge the battery – similar to those in hybrid cars and the use of
laptop batteries To date, such batteries are usually using chemical methods, by high temperature processing. The new research is no doubt that the production of the
dell battery provides a choice of low power consumption of the new method of environmental protection.
Most of the commercial with a rechargeable lithium-ion
hp battery from the cathode (negative terminal of electricity) delivered to the anode (positively charged side of), while the process at high temperature conditions must be able to achieve before. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA (MIT) of the materials chemist Angela Belcher and her colleagues, decided to adopt the biological process of development of a better
Sony battery . Belcher pointed out that this approach is logical, because the battery in some raw materials – such as phosphate and ions – in the life-support systems are in existence, and can easily be manipulated organisms.
Scientists use a microscope to the millions of DNA virus scan, the selection of the M13 virus. Such a length of 880 nano-virus,
Sony laptop battery is a very simple and easy to control the virus, harmless to the human body.
Group first to use genetic engineering to make the shell M13 virus adsorption on cobalt oxide and gold,
toshiba battery followed by its assembly into the film, which made a cathode.
The next problem is to solve the negative electrode, which is a more challenging job, so it required a very high conductivity. Group at the use of engineering methods on the accumulation of the virus M13 iron phosphate ions, and carbon nanotubes are made with a high conductivity with a network connection. Electronics can quickly transfer in this system, thus increasing the capacity of negative electrode. In fact, Belcher developed with the commercial application of
IBM battery lithium battery has the same performance, at the same time be able to charge and discharge at least 100 times. Group on April 2 at the United States “Science” magazine online edition reported on the results of this study.
Virus-based technology will become the first production cell biology tools. Belcher stressed that apart from all systems outside the carbon nanotubes are made at room temperature, and only water as a solvent. Finally, when such end-of-life and degradation of the
Compaq battery , it will not leave any toxic chemicals. Belcher said: “This is a very clean way.”
But she warned that the technology is not yet put into commercial application. Belcher said that the virus because of the
apple battery and the market required the existing battery capacity and performance to match, so “we need to increase the proportion of raw materials.” “We need to further improve its performance.”
Other experts also agree that the invention of Belcher and not going to change overnight the face of the battery industry. Binghamton, New York University Institute for Materials chemists M. Stanley Whittingham, said: “This is related to scientific curiosity.” Whittingham said that in order to change this
Acer battery technology, researchers must create a cathode with a higher capacity .