References & Sources

New battery feeds electron-hungry iron

A new type of battery containing an unusual form of electron-starved iron can store 50 percent more energy than an alkaline cell can.

References:

Licht, S., B. Wang, and S. Ghosh. 1999. Energetic iron (VI) chemistry: The super-iron battery. Science 285(Aug. 13):1039.

Sources:

Stuart Licht
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Haifa 32000
Israel

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 9, August 28, 1999, p. 141. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.