能源的未來：2024 年的 5 個充電電池故事

電池在儲存、速度和效率方面都在突飛猛進。以下是我們今年最喜歡的 5 個電池科學故事。

Batteries had a big year in 2024, with advances in storage, speed, and efficiency. Here are 5 of our favourite battery science stories of the year.

2024 年是電池產業的重要一年，在儲存、速度和效率方面都取得了進步。以下是我們今年最喜歡的 5 個電池科學故事。

Can a thumb-sized nuclear battery last 50 years?

拇指大小的核電池能用50年嗎？

The race to build a nuclear battery is heating up, with a Chinese startup pitching a coin-sized device it says can keep producing a charge for 50 years.

製造核電池的競賽正在升溫，一家中國新創公司推出了一種硬幣大小的設備，據稱可以持續充電 50 年。

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Electric vehicles as grid storage? It’s right around the (model house) corner

電動汽車作為電網儲存？就在（樣品屋）轉角處

Many Australians now sell solar power into the grid on sunny days generated on their rooftops.

現在，許多澳洲人在陽光明媚的日子裡將屋頂上產生的太陽能出售給電網。

In a handful of years, it may be possible to do the same thing when it’s dark – with the help of an electric vehicle.

幾年後，在電動車的幫助下，在天黑時也許可以做同樣的事情。

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Sustainable sodium – the next battery of the future

永續鈉－未來的下一代電池

Stretchy batteries for flexible, wearable technology

用於靈活、穿戴式科技的彈性電池

Lithium takes most of the attention in the battery space,but for Professor Maria Forsyth, there is a host of opportunities in glancing just down the periodic table, to sodium.

鋰在電池領域備受關注，但對於瑪麗亞·福賽思教授來說，從元素週期表上看，鈉有很多機會。

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Cheap zinc-ion batteries can be made at a desk

廉價的鋅離子電池可以在辦公桌上製作

Australian researchers have constructed a safe, cheap zinc battery – using an office laminator!

澳洲研究人員使用辦公室層壓機製造了一種安全、廉價的鋅電池！

They say their “aqueous zinc-ion batteries” could be recyclable, easy-to-make power sources for small devices.

他們表示，他們的「水性鋅離子電池」可以成為可回收、易於製造的小型設備電源。

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Stretchy batteries for flexible, wearable technology

用於靈活、穿戴式科技的彈性電池

Two teams of scientists have announced they’ve made stretchy, jelly-like batteries.

兩個科學家小組宣布他們已經製造出了有彈性的果凍狀電池。

These batteries, which are made with very different methods, represent 2 possible paths to more widespread flexible electronics.

這些電池採用截然不同的方法製造，代表了實現更廣泛的柔性電子產品的兩種可能途徑。

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