One of the scariest things for us today is not the end of the world or a spider, but your phone running out of power. If your phone runs out of power how will you know what time/day it is, what your friends are up to, or keep yourself entertained?
Researchers from Stanford University have built a battery that does everything you wish your cell phone’s lithium-ion battery could.
The team announced its aluminum-ion battery prototype in the journal Nature, and it’s a glimmer of hope for every thumb-pounding smartphone addict. The battery can fully charge in about one minute, hold a charge longer than conventional batteries and is safer than lithium-ion batteries.
The aluminum battery can produce about two volts of electricity and can be recharged more than 7,500 times without any decay in its total capacity. For comparison, other experimental aluminum batteries died after 100 charges, and the conventional lithium-ion battery lasts about 1,000 cycles.
The aluminum battery also has another advantage over lithium-ion batteries: it doesn’t catch on fire. If you, say, drill a hole through a lithium-ion battery, it might catch fire, as evidenced in this video below. Indeed, lithium-ion batteries can behave in unpredictable ways, which is why some major airlines have banned bulk lithium-ion battery shipments on planes.
Will this breakthrough revolutionize batteries? We just have to wait and see.
Researchers from Stanford University have built a battery that does everything you wish your cell phone’s lithium-ion battery could.
The team announced its aluminum-ion battery prototype in the journal Nature, and it’s a glimmer of hope for every thumb-pounding smartphone addict. The battery can fully charge in about one minute, hold a charge longer than conventional batteries and is safer than lithium-ion batteries.
The aluminum battery can produce about two volts of electricity and can be recharged more than 7,500 times without any decay in its total capacity. For comparison, other experimental aluminum batteries died after 100 charges, and the conventional lithium-ion battery lasts about 1,000 cycles.
The aluminum battery also has another advantage over lithium-ion batteries: it doesn’t catch on fire. If you, say, drill a hole through a lithium-ion battery, it might catch fire, as evidenced in this video below. Indeed, lithium-ion batteries can behave in unpredictable ways, which is why some major airlines have banned bulk lithium-ion battery shipments on planes.
Will this breakthrough revolutionize batteries? We just have to wait and see.