Thursday, March 12, 2009

A Better Battery? The Lithium Ion Cell Gets Supercharged

Two researchers have developed battery cells that can charge up in less time than it takes to read my short article summary. The work could eventually produce ultra-fast power packs for everything from laptop computers to electric vehicles. Reachers have found a way to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. The compound, which is already used in the electrodes of some commercial lithium-ion batteries, might lead to laptop batteries capable of charging themselves in about a minute.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=better-battery-lithium-ion-cell-gets-supercharged

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