The Critical Significance of Boron Mine in Future Energy Technologies

Abstract

The boron element forms more than 600 compounds with different element roots and shows very different properties. Boron compounds with these different properties deserve to be the most crucial strategic feature in the world as they meet the demands above the targeted standards in industries such as energy, structure, chemistry, weapons, and space. Today, the industries of developed countries have begun to take advantage of these energy sources due to the reduction of fossil energy resources, the inability of the industry to store enough electricity for an entire facility, and the limitations imposed on environmental policies. Developing countries continue to use fossil resources, but health and environmental costs are increasing. Whether they are developed or developing countries, they have attached importance to the research of energy systems that can replace fossil energy systems, which are environmentally friendly, sustainable, and high-performance. Boron has an essential role in the energy field for the isolation, high energy value retention, fuel and ion batteries, solar panels, and high-temperature transistors. In this study, the desired properties of boron compounds in energy studies were investigated by considering the positive effects of boron on the energy demand.

Keywords

• Boron
• Fossil energy resources
• ion batteries
• energy field

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