The new battery stores energy by inserting magnesium monochloride into a host, such as titanium disulfide. A new design for the cathodes of magnesium batteries could offer a safer power source with higher storage capacity. The design rejects conventional ideas of breaking the magnesium-chloride bond, instead inserting magnesium monochloride into a host and keeping the bond intact. In this study, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that they can use an alternative approach to break the magnesium chloride. Unlike traditional lithium-ion batteries, magnesium batteries are not flammable or subject to exploding.
A new design for the cathodes of magnesium batteries could offer a safer power source with higher storage capacity. The design rejects conventional ideas of breaking the magnesium-chloride bond, instead inserting magnesium monochloride into a host and keeping the bond intact. In this study, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that they can use an alternative approach to break the magnesium chloride. Unlike traditional lithium-ion batteries, magnesium batteries are not flammable or subject to exploding.