Thursday, January 17th 2008
New discovery to improve battery life
Stanford University researchers have made a discovery that could signal the arrival of laptop batteries that last more than a day on a single charge.
The researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable lithium ion batteries as much as 10 times more charge.
The new batteries were developed by assistant professor Yi Cui and colleagues at Stanford University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
"It's not a small improvement," Cui said. "It's a revolutionary development."
Cui has filed a patent on this technology, which will hopefully be available to end users within "several years".
Source:
News.com
The researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable lithium ion batteries as much as 10 times more charge.
The new batteries were developed by assistant professor Yi Cui and colleagues at Stanford University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
"It's not a small improvement," Cui said. "It's a revolutionary development."
Cui has filed a patent on this technology, which will hopefully be available to end users within "several years".
13 Comments on New discovery to improve battery life
these were all great ideas with the hydrogen obviously being more fun cuz it will explode if it comes into contact with the air. but what happened to all these these great ideas???
on 20 December 2k7
www.dailytech.com/Stanford+Researchers+Build+Lithiumion+Battery+Using+Silicon/article10088.htm
But this new battery sounds fantastic, so long as there's not any major nagging secrets they're not telling us. I'd be interested inot reading that patent.