Posted on 01/17/2022 9:01:29 AM PST by Red Badger
Quantum batteries could one day revolutionize energy storage through what seems like a paradox – the bigger the battery, the faster it charges. For the first time, a team of scientists has now demonstrated the quantum mechanical principle of superabsorption that underpins quantum batteries in a proof-of-concept device.
The quirky world of quantum physics is full of phenomena that seem impossible to us. Molecules, for instance, can be become so entwined that they begin acting collectively, and this can lead to a range of quantum effects. That includes superabsorption, which boosts a molecule’s ability to absorb light.
“Superabsorption is a quantum collective effect where transitions between the states of the molecules interfere constructively,” James Quach, corresponding author of the study, told New Atlas. “Constructive interference occurs in all kinds of waves (light, sound, waves on water), and occurs when different waves add up to give a larger effect than either wave on its own. Crucially this allows the combined molecules to absorb light more efficiently than if each molecule were acting individually.”
In a quantum battery, this phenomenon would have a very clear benefit. The more energy-storing molecules you have, the more efficiently they’ll be able to absorb that energy – in other words, the bigger you make the battery, the faster it will charge.
At least, that’s how it should work in theory. Superabsorption had yet to be demonstrated on a scale large enough to build quantum batteries, but the new study has now managed just that. To build their test device, the researchers placed an active layer of light-absorbing molecules – a dye known as Lumogen-F Orange – in a microcavity between two mirrors.
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Ping!....................
I bought some of those. They don’t last any longer than their regular alkalines....................
"...the researchers placed an active layer of light-absorbing molecules – a dye known as Lumogen-F Orange – in a microcavity between two mirrors."How to Make a Modern LED Infinity Illusion Mirror | May 15, 2017 | techydiy
Sounds like a fancy-dancy capacitor.
So like Schrodinger’s cat, you don’t know if that battery has power until you plug it in.
A Flux Capacitor?....................
Proof of concept is not an indication of manufacturability
Your mileage may vary............................
My flux capacitor quit on me. Just before it quit, it told me to ‘go flux myself’. That REALLY hurt!
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One time my wife put a cup of Lumogen-F Orange – into the microwave with the same results...
Here we go again: Might, should, can, may, could.
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