Thursday, March 24, 2011

Batteries that recharge in a blink of an eye

"Ay," the batteries. Surely one of the nightmares that all technology lovers have every night. And as a dream, that recharge is not a task rather than seconds or at most a couple of minutes. Well, that's the mark of time, researchers at the University of Illinois have achieved in his later works on batteries, not only lithium but also nickel, which until now had not been able to reduce the recharge time of them at levels more than interesting.

They questioned whether it would be possible to reduce the space you have to go through the ions between the anode and cathode to achieve lower recharge times instead of looking for these ions to move faster, as had been studied so far (the reduction load time is more lenient with less distance faster).

And they have succeeded. In their research, these brains tested different configurations of materials to achieve a balance that has allowed them to charge a NiMH battery to 75% capacity in just 2.7 seconds. Be recharged in 20 to 90 percent, with a lifespan of about 100 charge cycles. In the case of lithium ion batteries, in two minutes could be charged 90% of the battery.

This new technology is still under development, and have on several fronts to solve, as the life or capacity of such batteries, which currently can not but it would be great for mobile phones. Is not that what you are imagining you and in your next superphone? Track | ArsTechnica.

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