Cosmos Magazine

Proton battery: hydrogen without the gas

DIGEST DISCOVERY

HYDROGEN: AN energy-dense abundant resource, but also a gas that's difficult to store and transport. Batteries: excellent at storing energy, but containing precious metals like lithium and cobalt.

Now researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne have combined the best of both worlds, with an experimental battery that uses hydrogen.

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