Energizer Touts New Zinc Air Batteries

[Marcus Yam]

Energizer today announced that it will soon showcase a new battery technology it refers to as “Zinc Air Prismatic.”

Energizer Touts New Zinc Air Batteries : Read more

 

[graviongr]

Man I hope this is true, and I hope it's relatively inexpensive. You know they are going to charge a premium though, but I just hope it isn't ridiculous.

I keep saying to anyone who will listen, that we need to make some big leaps in battery technology, as we get more and more mobile.

I'm fed up with current battery technology... it sucks, to put it bluntly.

 

[CJDavE]

This is by far not new technology. Zinc-air hearing aid batteries have been around for years. Way to get some free advertising, Energizer. Nothing interesting or new was said in this article.

 

[Shadow703793]

^+1. Is this going to be re-chargeable? :lol:

 

[CJDavE]

Wikipedia to the rescue:

http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_air

So no, not in the traditional meaning of rechargeable, but they can be reusable and recyclable.

Zinc Air Prismatic? ZAP? Really? (Argh.)

 

[JonnyDough]

My biggest concern is "is it good for the environment?"

A lot of batteries end up roadside, and eventually leak into lakes and streams.

 

[CJDavE]

[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]My biggest concern is "is it good for the environment?"[/citation]

Read the article I posted.

 

[JonnyDough]

That article doesn't say that it's biodegradable. I can only assume that it contains some pretty bad chems.

 

[CJDavE]

You didn't read the article, then. Zinc is non-toxic. The process used to recycle the discharged materials is non-toxic.

Pure Zinc is non-toxic (commercially available zinc is often contaminated by other metals e.g. toxic lead) and substantially easier to store than hydrogen, and can be processed by water-based electrochemistry.

 

[Guest]

I agree with CJDavE its only zinc what harm could it do honestly people research these studid theorys please

 

[Guest]

Take a look at www.instant-power.com and see more about zinc air batteries.