Aluminium and water are fuel for this electric vehicle - lithium air battery
If you are stuck in the traffic signal near the green campus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, see a commuter driving a white Mahindra e2o Plus electric car with stickers, don't mistake him for another technician.
He's probably Akshay Singhal, 25. year-old co-
Founder and CEO of nanotechnology startup
Check the Log 9 materials to test his car on the water.
It's made of metal.
The air battery developed by Log 9 is installed in the vehicle.
Log 9, IIT Roorkee rotation-
Off says it's using the magic material "graphics" to make the metal
Air batteries are commercially viable and affordable
Vehicles and stationary applications such as power backup products. Mr.
Singhal says traditional lithium
Instead of generating energy, ion batteries store energy.
For example, an electronic
The mileage range of the vehicle is 100 km to 150 km and must be charged after that.
It will take an average of five hours, he said.
"If you drive from Koramangala to the airport in [Bengaluru], you can't come back at one charge," Mr.
Singel said in an interview.
The company aims to replace the requirement to charge e-commerce
Vehicles, he said, "On the contrary, refuel them like gasoline, but use water . "
Singhal created the company with his IIT
On 2015, cartik Hajera, a team-mate at Rockey College.
Log 9 says the initial cost of its battery is almost half that of lithiumion battery.
In addition to water as fuel, a "refuel" of the battery using aluminum will give a range of 1,000 km.
The secret sauce of magic material 9 is its experience and expertise in "graphics", it is 1 million times thinner than paper, forming graphite or pencil when stacked together.
This material is 200 times stronger than steel and is expected to become the next generation battery due to its performance.
Log 9 says its battery enables the car to generate electricity using a simple fuel cell technology.
But there is a "graphene stick" on the metal plate that generates electricity with water as the basis for chemical reactions.
The electricity generated in this way is sent to the motor driving the car.
Log 9's office is tucked away in the driveway not far from IISc and is also developing graphene products using the complex facilities of the Institute.
Experts such as Ashok Misra, honorary energy professor at IISc, said the growth of e-commerce
Vehicles need an innovative battery solution to make it a convenient propositionuse customers.
"The Log 9 material has demonstrated the ability to solve this energy problem --
Generate bottlenecks. . .
There is a commercially viable solution . "
Misra is also a member of the board of directors of Kirloskar Electric and Reliance Industries.
Investors have noted the potential of Log 9 innovation and have invested $1 million in the company so far.
"After a live demo of installing and running hydrogen fuel cells on a ready-made car, if more than one OEM doesn't come knocking on the door, I [would] be surprised that their door was opened soon, helping each other on the commercial side of electric vehicles makes economic sense, "said Mahindra CIE, chairman of auto parts supplier and angel investor in Log 9. Mr.
Singhal of Log 9 says the company is currently raising $10 million from a venture capital firm, which will help commercialize the product in the US, IndiaS. and Europe.
"We want to break the mindset that India cannot develop this technology," he said . ".