Toshiba's new nanotech battery

Toshiba's new nanotech battery 60-seconds to charge?

#1 boka

Member

Group: Administrators
Posts: 3,179
Joined: 07-October 05

Posted 21 April 2006 - 01:29 AM

don't you just hate it when you're about to leave the house and you realise your phone is about to run out of battery?

http://www.techjapan.com/Article949.html

QUOTE

Toshiba Corporation has announced that they have developed an ultra-rapid recharging lithium-ion battery capable of reaching 80% recharge in about 1 minute. They are planning for commercialization in 2006.

Lithium ion batteries have traditionally required a long amount of time to recharge from a high energy density, but this new lithium ion battery uses nanoparticles for its negative pole.

These nanoparticles can smoothly absorb and store lithium ions, and have the distinction of not disassembling the organic electrolytes even if recharged quickly. Toshiba has developed technology to equally fix these nanoparticles, and turned them into an electrode.

This allows lithium ion batteries with a high energy density to be quickly recharged, and in addition, a decreased capacity of under 1% even after 1,000 recharges. Furthermore, the batteries retain an 80% capacity even at temperatures under -40 degrees Celsius.

Toshiba will be conducting product development for lithium ion batteries with more power and industrial use, and plans o�n including them in notebook PCs and mobile phones.

this is actually last year's news but i only read it recently because we're soon going to be seeing this stuff on the shelves.

Please remember to floss your teeth.
Posts must be 20 characters or longer. Do not bypass the swear filter.
Please argue your point without generalizing or name-calling.

#2 erure

photography junkie

Group: Friends of Soompi
Posts: 6,320
Joined: 12-October 05

Posted 21 April 2006 - 05:33 AM

dang that'd be nice for laptops~

411 // 이토렌트 바로가기~ 클릭클릭^^

#3 vannushka

Mrs Darcy

Group: Friends of Soompi
Posts: 2,142
Joined: 06-October 05

Posted 21 April 2006 - 10:43 PM

DAMN..that's nice...that's great news! i am so glad I did chem..i actualy understand how it works haha

that happens a lot..just when I go out..my phone is out of batts

Thanks Carol for the banner. Fleur rocks for making Owen look sexy!

QUOTE

We weigh not on the same scales, the ills we do and the ills we feel

#4 jeezchris.

World World World

Group: Friends of Soompi
Posts: 1,486
Joined: 05-October 05

Posted 22 April 2006 - 03:01 PM

wow. imagining that in my laptop o__o..

that would be awesome.

Flickr
We need to feel breathless with love,
And not collapse under its weight.

#5 mistapooh

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 985
Joined: 05-October 05

Posted 22 April 2006 - 08:14 PM

anything about it's capacity? Will capacity improve with nano?

#6 boka

Member

Group: Administrators
Posts: 3,179
Joined: 07-October 05

Posted 22 April 2006 - 09:23 PM

^ if they can increase conduction of the lithium ions in a carbon-based anode through the use of metallic nanoparticles, then i'm sure it's possible for a similar material to act as an additional ion store instead of conduction channels, but i don't think they're going to opt for the storage solution - that would be like building a lot of freeways, then using the roads as parking space, not to mention that the increase in capacity wouldn't be that great.

... what i meant to say was, i think the capacity of the new battery would be similar to earlier versions

Please remember to floss your teeth.
Posts must be 20 characters or longer. Do not bypass the swear filter.
Please argue your point without generalizing or name-calling.