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Slightly more information: http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_358595_en.html http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_358595_en.html Full paper: http://www.sciencema

• Shivetya 12y ago
  anyone with access to the full paper, is there an estimate of how much time is required to commercialize this? I love reading about discoveries and such but many are years off and I could not find such information in the linked articles
• jobu 12y ago
  Any details on what the energy density is of this "liquid sponge" they're using? If it isn't corrosive or difficult to store then it may be an option for large, stationary batteries, but it would be a really big deal if it's energy density is even comparable to ethanol. Pure ethanol is 76,330 Btu/gal and gasoline is 116,090 Btu/gal: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf
  • maxerickson 12y ago
    The editors summary at the Science link says it's silico-tungstic acid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicotungstic_acid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicotungstic_acid The university press release talks about replacing fossil fuels in fertilizer production, from that I would guess they aren't pushing it as a storage solution.
• dang 12y ago
  Thanks, we changed the url to that first one from http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-29168382 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-291683....