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New Battery 10x Capacity 10x Charge Speed Boffins have discovered a way to boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries by around 10x – in terms of both charge capacity and charging speed.

The engineers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science took standard lithium-ion batteries and looked at ways to improve capacity and charge time. By altering the material used to store the charge, incorporating the revolutionary new graphene material as part of the positive electrode of the battery, the team of scientist types managed to dramatically increase the cell's performance.

"We have found a way to extend a new lithium-ion battery's charge life by 10 times," explained Harold H. Kung, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the research facility. "Even after 150 charges, which would be one year or more of operation, the battery is still five times more effective than lithium ion batteries on the market today," he added.

Earlier this year a separate team at the University of Illinois announced they had managed to build a lithium-ion battery which charged back up to 75 per cent capacity in just 2.7 seconds, and up to 90 per cent capacity in 20 seconds. They achieved this by redesigning the cathode part of the battery using what they described as "three-dimensional bicontinuous nanoarchitecture."

Whatever that might be, they clearly need to combine it with the McCormack team’s "flexible, self-supporting three-dimensional conducting graphenic scaffold" and make a world-conquering uber-battery.

These tech developments come as welcome news for a wide variety of device manufacturers relying on battery development for the ever-improving performance of their gadgets. Mobile phone manufacturers in particular will be queuing up to license this technology, especially after the very public recent battery troubles iPhone 4S owners have been experiencing, recently improved by Apple with an update.


Industry News posted by Jan Moys on 18 November 2011

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Yes please!

I honestly believe that if a reputable mobile phone manufacturer adapts and implements this kind of battery they will have a much easier time dominating the smartphone market. Smartphones can now do so much and act as a phone, GPS, game system, information research device, and so much more, yet phone batteries don't last as long as users need them to. For years now, businessmen and heavy mobile users alike have utilized the full functionalities of their phone yet can not get them to last the entire work day, which is very frustrating and a huge inconvenience.

Comment posted by Glen Suh on 29/11/2011 21:59:18

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