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Red bricks can store energy just like batteries – Futurity: Research News
A new method can convert 65-cent red bricks from Home Depot into a supercapacitor that can store electricity, researchers report.
It’s possible to convert red bricks, some of the world’s cheapest and most familiar building materials, into energy storage units that can be charged to hold electricity like a battery, a new study shows.
The researchers have developed a method to make or modify “smart bricks” that can store energy until required for powering devices. The method converts bricks into a type of energy storage device called a supercapacitor.
“Our method works with regular brick or recycled bricks, and we can make…
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