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But they also found that, through a mechanism that is still poorly understood, the process creates a useful voltage – a phenomenon they have dubbed “thermopower waves”.
Their nanotube bundles carry, gram for gram, up to 100 times as much energy as a standard lithium-ion battery.
Since just a tiny amount of energy is needed to start the reaction before it becomes self-sustaining, Dr Strano says it could be initiated in a small device with the energy in the push of a finger.
And unlike standard batteries, the stored energy would not leak away over time, and requires none of the toxic, non-renewable metals in many batteries.
The current implementation is for a one-time use, but Dr Strano says he