Scientists have found a way to make solar panels and phone screens from readily available chromium.
Among the many uses found for the compound are a type of artificial photosynthesis inspired by plants.
The scientists conducted experiments to see if chromium could convert energy by engineering a molecular framework incorporating carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen that saw the chromium atoms integrated into a stiff framework to ensure optimum performance. There are some obstacles currently related to using the new framework: mainly that it is more complex and therefore more difficult to implement than the ones used by the noble metals. However, the scientists did tellThere has been additional work done to swap osmium and ruthenium with iron and copper butreports that chromium has thus far resulted in improved performance. However, either one of these metals may one day become the leading contender to replace the expensive and rare noble metals.
. Thanks to the chemical characteristics of the iron and chromium ions in the electrolyte, the battery has the impressive capacity of storing 6,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity for six hours. Meanwhile, the iron-chromium flow batteries can be recharged using renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.
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