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A seawater solutionXiaolei Wang discusses how seawater could help make rechargeable aqueous batteries a safer, more affordable and scalable alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries

Xiaolei Wang discusses how seawater could help make rechargeable aqueous batteries a safer, more affordable and scalable alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries

By Ashley Fish-Robertson

July 10, 2025

Courtesy of Xiaolei Wang

Xiaolei Wang is a Canada research chair in batteries for sustainability and an associate professor in the department of chemical and materials engineering at the University of Alberta. He runs the Nano for Advanced Clean Energy Laboratory at the university, focusing on the design, development and application of novel nanostructured materials for clean energy technologies.

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