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Could someone ELI5 how the recharge cycle works? On charging it evolves H2 gas; how does that get put back on recharge?

This is very much NOT explained by the paragraph,

> The researchers did this by re-attaching their power source to the depleted prototype, this time with the goal of inducing the manganese dioxide particles clinging to the electrode to combine with water, replenishing the manganese sulfate salt. Once this salt was restored, incoming electrons became surplus, and excess power could bubble off as hydrogen gas, in a process that can be repeated again and again and again.

parent fernly 8 years ago

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