Kua angitu ngā kairangahau ki te whakanui ake i te roa o te ora me te pumau o te āhua totokangā pākahiko lithium-ion, te waihanga i tētahi huarahi whai hua mō te whakamahinga whānui ā muri ake nei.

Te tangata e pupuri ana i te pūtau pākahiko lithium me te roa o te ora e whakaatu ana i te wāhi i whakatakotoria ai te whakaurunga katote Ko te kaha o ngā pākahiko hou, teitei-kiato i hangaia e Te Whare Wānanga o Surrey ko te tikanga he iti ake te tūponotanga ka poto te ara iahiko — he raruraru i kitea i roto i ngā pākahiko totoka lithium-ion o mua.

I whakamārama a Tākuta Yunlong Zhao o te Advanced Technology Institute, te Whare Wānanga o Surrey:

"Kua rongo katoa tātou i ngā kōrero whakamataku mō ngā pākahiko lithium-ion i roto i ngā wāhi kawe waka, ko te nuinga o te wā he take mō te pakaru o te anga i puta mai i te pānga ki ngā taiao taumaha, pērā i ngā huringa pāmahana tino nui. E whakaatu ana ā mātou rangahau ka taea te whakaputa i ngā pākahiko lithium-ion totoka pakari ake, e whakarato ana i tētahi huarahi whai hua mō ngā tauira kaha-teitei me te haumaru o te heke mai hei whakamahi i roto i ngā tauira tūturu pērā i ngā waka hiko."

Mā te whakamahi i te whare hangarau hou o te motu i te Ion Beam Centre o Surrey, i werohia e te tīma iti ngā iona Xenon ki roto i tētahi rauemi waikura uku hei hanga i tētahi electrolyte āhua-totoka. I kitea e te tīma i hangaia e tā rātou tikanga he electrolyte pākahiko e whakaatu ana i te whakapainga 30-ngā wā o te roa o te ora i runga i tepākahikokāore i werohia.

I mea atu a Tākuta Nianhua Peng, te kaituhi tahi o te rangahau mai i Te Whare Wānanga o Surrey:

"Kei te noho tātou i tētahi ao e mōhio ake ana ki ngā kino e pā ana ki te taiao e mahia ana e te tangata. Ko tā mātou e tumanako nei, mā tā mātou pākahiko me tā mātou huarahi e āwhina te whakatairanga i te whanaketanga pūtaiao o ngā pākahiko kaha-nui, kia taea ai e tātou te neke atu ki tētahi ao pumau ake."

He whare rangahau matua te Whare Wānanga o Surrey e arotahi ana ki te oranga tonutanga hei painga mō te hapori, kia taea ai te aro atu ki ngā wero maha o te huringa āhuarangi. E whakapau kaha ana hoki ki te whakapai ake i tana ake whai huatanga rauemi i runga i tana whenua, me te noho hei kaiārahi i te rāngai. Kua whakatakotohia e ia he whakapau kaha kia noho kore waro i te tau 2030. I te marama o Āperira, i eke ia ki te 55 o te ao e te Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings e aromatawai ana i te mahi a te neke atu i te 1,400 whare wānanga ki ngā Whāinga Whakawhanake Tauwhiro (SDG) a te Kotahitanga o ngā Whenua o te Ao.