How Zinc Batteries Are Defying Limits

/ 1 day ago January 21, 2025

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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
01:59 – Why Zinc?
03:09 – The Challenges with Zinc
06:57 – Overcoming the Drawbacks
09:56 – The Future of Zinc Batteries

Corrections:

01:00 – Distance should be 2 times the distance to the Moon and back

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