World-First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries – Imagine a 20-Story Building That Stores Energy Like a Giant Battery

World First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries

Imagine an entire twenty-story concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering recently published an article outlining a new concept for rechargeable batteries — made of cement. Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology

Imagine an entire twenty-story concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from