Korean scientists boost seawater battery efficiency with wood waste-based catalysts
Researchers have developed cost-effective seawater battery catalysts from lignin and urea, which perform on par with traditional platinum catalysts.
Seawater batteries are the next generation of energy storage, efficiently storing and releasing electricity from seawater. A key challenge for their commercialization—involving cost-effective catalyst materials—has recently been successfully tackled by researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) in South Korea.
A team of scientists led by Professor Dong Woog Lee at UNIST’s School of Energy and Chemical Engineering has developed a high-performance catalyst for seawater batteries by combining urea with wood waste.