UPCOMING TECHNOLOGY - What is innovation? It is the act of improving something that is already established. The current generation of lithium-ion batteries have been established as a preferred power source for portable consumer electronics. These batteries are limited when certain critical aspects are considered, like overall output capacity, life cycle, safety and the span of application areas. The following are someimportant researches from recent times that are aimed to optimise and expand the possible uses of lithium-ion batteries.
Powerful microbatteries that size up to few millimeters only, and also charge instantly
The illustration shows ions flowing between micro-electrodes in a lithium ion battery, in congruence with the research.
This was made possible by establishing a balance between high power and high energy, which is difficult to achieve in the current generation of batteries. These microbatteries are also said to charge instantly, like 1000 times quicker. They could power wireless devices to transmit signals 30 times faster.
And how about using them to jump-start a dead car battery? Yes, that’s on the list too.
The application areas are, but not limited to consumer electronics and medical devices.
Via [Illionis.EDU]
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