能源的未来：2024 年的 5 个充电电池故事

电池在存储、速度和效率方面都在突飞猛进。以下是我们今年最喜欢的 5 个电池科学故事。

Batteries had a big year in 2024, with advances in storage, speed, and efficiency. Here are 5 of our favourite battery science stories of the year.

2024 年是电池行业的重要一年，在存储、速度和效率方面都取得了进步。以下是我们今年最喜欢的 5 个电池科学故事。

Can a thumb-sized nuclear battery last 50 years?

拇指大小的核电池能用50年吗？

The race to build a nuclear battery is heating up, with a Chinese startup pitching a coin-sized device it says can keep producing a charge for 50 years.

制造核电池的竞赛正在升温，一家中国初创公司推出了一种硬币大小的设备，据称可以持续充电 50 年。

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Electric vehicles as grid storage? It’s right around the (model house) corner

电动汽车作为电网存储？就在（样板房）拐角处

Many Australians now sell solar power into the grid on sunny days generated on their rooftops.

现在，许多澳大利亚人在阳光明媚的日子里将屋顶上产生的太阳能出售给电网。

In a handful of years, it may be possible to do the same thing when it’s dark – with the help of an electric vehicle.

几年后，在电动汽车的帮助下，在天黑时也许可以做同样的事情。

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Sustainable sodium – the next battery of the future

可持续钠——未来的下一代电池

Stretchy batteries for flexible, wearable technology

用于灵活、可穿戴技术的弹性电池

Lithium takes most of the attention in the battery space,but for Professor Maria Forsyth, there is a host of opportunities in glancing just down the periodic table, to sodium.

锂在电池领域备受关注，但对于玛丽亚·福赛思教授来说，从元素周期表上看，钠有很多机会。

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Cheap zinc-ion batteries can be made at a desk

廉价的锌离子电池可以在办公桌上制作

Australian researchers have constructed a safe, cheap zinc battery – using an office laminator!

澳大利亚研究人员使用办公室层压机制造了一种安全、廉价的锌电池！

They say their “aqueous zinc-ion batteries” could be recyclable, easy-to-make power sources for small devices.

他们表示，他们的“水性锌离子电池”可以成为可回收、易于制造的小型设备电源。

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Stretchy batteries for flexible, wearable technology

用于灵活、可穿戴技术的弹性电池

Two teams of scientists have announced they’ve made stretchy, jelly-like batteries.

两个科学家小组宣布他们已经制造出了有弹性的果冻状电池。

These batteries, which are made with very different methods, represent 2 possible paths to more widespread flexible electronics.

这些电池采用截然不同的方法制造，代表了实现更广泛的柔性电子产品的两种可能途径。

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