From left, Mihrimah Ozkan, Cengiz Ozkan and Zachary Favors in the Ozkan’s lab.
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Researchers develop low cost, environmentally friendly way
to produce sand-based lithium ion batteries that outperform standard by three
times
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s
Bourns College of Engineering have created a lithium ion battery that
outperforms the current industry standard by three times. The key material:
sand. Yes, sand.