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课堂要点 Brilliant applications- Plastic battery One potential application for polymer batteries is in battery-powered automobiles. Two key measures of a batterys suitability for automotive application are the power density, which determines acceleration and hill-climbing ability, and the energy density, which determines the number of miles that can be driven between charges. Brilliant applications- Plastic battery Polyacetylenes power density is 12 times that of ordinary lead acid batteries. Its energy density is also higher-about 50 watts-hours per kilogram versus 35 for lead acid batteries. Although plastic batteries are competing against other advanced development batteries with similar capability for this application, they have the unique potential to be made of low-cost, environmentally-benign materials. Supporters feel that a polymer battery can be part of the battery-powered car of the future. Brilliant applications- Plastic battery Polyacetylene, however, is not an ideal battery material. It degrades in air, is chemically stable only in liquid solutions, and is brittle and not amenable to injection molding (注模) methods used for forming plastic parts in production. The University of Pennsylvania team, along with industrial associates licensed to use their technology, searched for conducting polymers of greater structural strength, thermoplasticity (热塑性), flexibility, and lower costs. * How can plastic become conductive?塑料为什么导电？ We are used to the great impact scientific discoveries have on our ways of thinking. The 2000 years Nobel Prize in Chemistry is no exception. What we have been taught about plastic is that it is a good insulator - otherwise we should not use it as insulation in electric wires. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000 But now the time has come when we have to change our views. Plastic can indeed, under certain circumstances, be made to behave very like a metal - a discovery for which Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa