Storing energy in red bricks – Tech Xplore

Imagine plugging in to your brick house.
Red brickssome of the world’s cheapest and most familiar building materialscan be converted into energy storage units that can be charged to hold electricity, like a battery, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
Brick has been used in walls and buildings for thousands of years, but rarely has been found fit for any other use. Now, chemists in Arts & Sciences have developed a method to make or modify “smart bricks” that …

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