Hindustan Zinc ties up with IIT Madras to develop advanced zinc-air battery tech

Vedanta radical steadfast Hindustan Zinc Ltd connected Wednesday said that it has partnered with IIT Madras to make precocious zinc-air artillery technology.

Zinc-air batteries connection a cost-effective, rechargeable and durable alternate to costly and imported lithium-ion batteries.

The collaboration aims to make a 1 kWh electrically-rechargeable zinc-air artillery prototype, Hindustan Zinc said successful a statement.

"This concern marks a important measurement guardant successful the improvement of zinc-based artillery technologies, leveraging zinc's abundant assets availability, cost-effectiveness and established information record," the connection said.

While lithium-ion batteries presently predominate the market, their precocious cost, constricted assets availability and information concerns contiguous large challenges that zinc-based alternatives tin efficaciously address.

"Our concern with IIT Madras volition beforehand probe connected zinc-air artillery technology, that volition redefine the aboriginal of vigor storage. By exploring caller applications of zinc successful vigor storage, we are committed to contributing to a greener and much sustainable aboriginal for the generations to come," Hindustan Zinc Ltd CEO Arun Misra said.

Zinc-air batteries are emerging arsenic a viable alternative, known for their long-duration retention capabilities, durability and imaginable to beryllium a much affordable alternate to lithium-ion batteries. Compared to lithium, which is implicit 4 times much expensive, zinc offers a much affordable solution with superior show attributes.