Batteries for electric vehicles from carbon dioxide through nanotechnology

The carbon dioxide can be used for the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles, in accordance with American scientists.
The technology developed by researchers from the universities of Vanderbilt and George Washington converts carbon dioxide from the air into carbon nanotubes for use in batteries.
These batteries can supply electric vehicles, giving them a negative carbon footprint, the researchers report.
“This development unlocks a whole new field of research,” said the mechanical engineer Cary Pint, a member of the interdisciplinary research team.
“Now we can collect carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to create various products, overcoming large challenges in the field of technology, and the environment,” he added.
The carbon dioxide obtained from exhausts, chimneys or directly from the atmosphere can be a construction material for up to 40% of a lithium-ion battery, supports the Pied.
Beyond the environmental benefits of the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the tests of the survey show that carbon dioxide has economic value.
Specifically, a kilogram of carbon dioxide has a value of $ 18 as a material of a battery, estimate the researchers.
“Imagine a world where every new electric vehicle or battery installation on a large scale will allow us not only to correct the environmental sins of the past, and will contribute to a sustainable future for our children,” concluded the Pied.