Malaysia produces electric batteries with tropical fruits

Malaysian scientists are exploring alternative sources of materials to produce high-tech electronics such as batteries for electric vehicles.

Scientists have found that bamboo, coconut fiber and durian shells can be transformed into activated carbon forms used to make electric batteries, called " super quality " capacitors .

Activated carbon is usually made from coal, but now researchers claim that they can be made from alternative sources of natural resources.

Professor Dino Isa of the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) chairs a project to develop a battery of tropical fruits, saying that once natural products are used to turn activated carbon, cultivation and harvesting These types of products will become a profession, helping to increase income and improve the well-being of people living in rural areas.

Malaysia's plentiful tropical fruit source will enable it to have environmentally friendly materials to make parts of the battery pack, and to reduce the cost of production. up to 30%. Some tropical fruits are considered as excellent ingredients for making superior capacitors because they have a high porosity, which enhances their ability to charge.

Malaysian researchers also plan to use the new alternative material to make multi-purpose capacitors, such as electricity for wind and wave power plants and emergency exits. airplane and cell phone batteries.

Malaysian scientists say that this is a potential and promising project. In the future, many research projects will announce new applications or the use of many tropical plants in the country. Serving for technological development purposes.

Last month, UNMC co-operated with Shaz to open a pilot plant for the production of " green " capacitors and hoped to have a large manufacturing plant in Malaysia for the next five years.