Posted on 12/18/2019 11:09:28 PM PST by dalight
IBM research has announced a breakthrough in battery technology that it says could make lithium-ion batteries a thing of the past. The new technology can charge incredibly quickly, has low flammability, and contains no heavy metals, making it far more environmentally friendly than current battery technology.
Battery performance complaints are nothing new: Lithium-ion batteries have long been one of the most frustrating parts of modern technology. They go bad, charge slowly, are prone to exploding, and are horrible for the environment. IBM's new battery reportedly eliminates those exact headaches.
That faster charging time IBM mentioned is one of the standouts of its report on this battery breakthrough: It can reportedly reach an 80% charge in just five minutes, all without compromising discharge capacity.
Along with that impressive recharge rate are several other performance improvements, IBM said:
It can reach a power density of more than 10,000 watts per liter;
It can reach an energy density of more than 800 watt hours per liter, which is comparable to modern lithium ion batteries;
It has an energy efficiency (defined by IBM as "the ratio of the energy to discharge the battery over the energy to charge the battery") of over 90%.
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What voltage and amperage?
What products are they best suited for? Hearing aids, handheld phones, Teslas?
All the ingredients come from sea water? How many acre-feet of water is needed to make one battery? these things are going to cost an exorbitant amount.
Good questions.
...It can reach a power density of more than 10,000 watts per liter...
10,000 whats???
Sorry...couldn’t resist. :)
Also no specifics regards little things like availability, initial confioguration, and price.
Until that happens it’s just more vaporware.
Yeah, I want one of their new, Star Trekky power cells in my hearing aid or cell phone when it has a warp core breach. I’ll leave my next-of-kin a list of zip codes where they can go look for my skull fragments.
A quick search shows gasoline has 36,000 watts per litre. So, it is about a third as productive, assuming that the other problems don’t exist.
Such as getting 1/10 the mileage during winter.
If IBM has patented this tech, the Chinese have already purloined the filing and are busily racing to market with a clone.
You NEVER need to talk the customer into buying something that is just as good or better and if it’s only just as good, at a better price.
The market decides in the end.
Unless you’re Tesla :)
The downside is, they’re probably as big as a house
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Lots of energy in a small space; what could possibly go wrong?
Sounds like a supercapacitor. They have been a dream for decades to replace car/laptop batteries. Simple and quick high (read not readily available) charging in minutes for vehicles seconds for less energy intensive items.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor
DK
“the Oasis Group 31 battery from Firefly International Energy “ — First the development, mass manufacturing technique needed, then bankrupt.
10 years to market is easily 20 years without a production method.
No innovation was possible in the solar cell industry with the Chinese doing dumping and thwarting predictive business model costs—stuck on first generation technology. IMHO
Maybe someone at IBM went rogue again in a Swiss research lab per superconductors.
IBM Battery has power capacity 1/1000th that of simple gasoline.
Why?
Why so low and miserly?
Because electricity is NOT gasoline !
Yes, but if it uses a lot of seawater, it will prevent the flooding of coastal cities due to climate change!
For that you must be charged with assault and battery. Ten years in a Dry Cell for you.
Yes, but if it uses a lot of seawater, it will prevent the flooding of coastal cities due to climate change*******
Wow what an environmentally friendly tradeoff!
Ah, a flux capacitor! But can you get 1.2 Gigawatts and fit it into a DeLorean?
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