Comments on: Fluidic shows a peek of its metal air batteries for off and on the grid http://gigaom.com/2013/03/01/fluidic-shows-a-peek-of-its-metal-air-batteries-for-off-and-on-the-grid/ Wed, 22 May 2013 09:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2013/03/01/fluidic-shows-a-peek-of-its-metal-air-batteries-for-off-and-on-the-grid/#comment-1317338 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:18:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=615570#comment-1317338 Nick F., I’m not sure. The video and the publicly available info is all I got from them.

]]> By: leonard feist http://gigaom.com/2013/03/01/fluidic-shows-a-peek-of-its-metal-air-batteries-for-off-and-on-the-grid/#comment-1317043 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:26:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=615570#comment-1317043 with current battery technologies, it goes back into the egytian era, used for lighting using arc light, and electro plating, maybe utilizing say chemical waste thru a recycle process that could provide a kind of closed loop system to a battery for industrial utilization. the semiconductor industry currently uses the most advanced chemical and metals, in finishing i believe its just a matter of keeping to the basics, and throwing complicated theory out. dc to a/c generatoration…..just a thought

]]> By: Nick F http://gigaom.com/2013/03/01/fluidic-shows-a-peek-of-its-metal-air-batteries-for-off-and-on-the-grid/#comment-1317007 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:01:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=615570#comment-1317007 How many cycles? Give us a ballpark figure at least. No way can they currently be doing 5000 cycles.

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2013/03/01/fluidic-shows-a-peek-of-its-metal-air-batteries-for-off-and-on-the-grid/#comment-1316923 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:22:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=615570#comment-1316923 The battery is open, and the oxygen from the air oxidizes the zinc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc%E2%80%93air_battery
The air is the cathode reactant: http://www.eosenergystorage.com/technology

]]> By: Rich http://gigaom.com/2013/03/01/fluidic-shows-a-peek-of-its-metal-air-batteries-for-off-and-on-the-grid/#comment-1316874 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:52:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=615570#comment-1316874 Katie, the anode and the cathode are the two terminals of a battery and electricity flows through them. How can air be the cathode? Air doesn’t conduct electricity.

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