{"id":6515,"date":"2017-06-16T05:19:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T05:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=6515"},"modified":"2017-06-16T05:19:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T05:19:59","slug":"seaweed-could-extend-the-lives-of-future-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/seaweed-could-extend-the-lives-of-future-batteries.html","title":{"rendered":"Seaweed Could Extend the Lives of Future Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers at the US Department of Energy\u2019s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered that carrageenan, a seaweed derivative can act as a stabilizer in lithium sulfur batteries. \u00a0When carrageenan is added to the binder (substance that holds all active components of a battery together), it chemically binds to the sulphur thereby stopping it from dissolving and increasing the lifespan of the battery.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6516 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Rhodophyta-Red-Algae-Carrageenan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Rhodophyta-Red-Algae-Carrageenan-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Rhodophyta-Red-Algae-Carrageenan-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next steps for the researchers is to understand the chemical reactions going on inside the cell and try to develop improved ways to\u00a0 further increase the life of lithium sulfur batteries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/seaweed-could-extend-the-lives-of-future-batteries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers at the US Department of Energy\u2019s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered that carrageenan, a seaweed derivative can act as a stabilizer in lithium sulfur batteries. \u00a0When carrageenan is added to the binder (substance that holds all active components of a battery together), it chemically binds to the sulphur thereby stopping it from dissolving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[546,615,59,576],"tags":[136,568],"class_list":["post-6515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algae-non-fuel-products","category-research-2","category-seaweed","category-university-research","tag-algae-research","tag-seaweed-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6517,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515\/revisions\/6517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}