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The 'new' battery that may be vital for a zero carbon future

A 'new' type of battery has been developed, and it's already 50 years old.

Researchers have made a potentially vital breakthrough in the search for renewable energy storage.

We all know the issues that inefficient batteries can bring to our everyday lives.

One of the most important challenges for battery technology is finding a way to provide cheap, stable and efficient systems for storing vast amounts of energy. In fact, our aim of reaching a zero carbon future pretty much depends upon it.

Life: Connected is a video series from BBC Future focusing on how digital culture and technologies pervade everything we do.

Video script: Henry Roberts