Posted on 03/29/2005 4:39:08 PM PST by PeaceBeWithYou
The new battery fuses Toshiba's latest advances in nano-material technology for the electric devices sector with cumulative know-how in manufacturing lithium-ion battery cells. A breakthrough technology applied to the negative electrode uses new nano-particles to prevent organic liquid electrolytes from reducing during battery recharging. The nano-particles quickly absorb and store vast amount of lithium ions, without causing any deterioration in the electrode.The excellent recharging characteristics of new battery are not its only performance advantages. The battery has a long life cycle, losing only 1% of capacity after 1,000 cycles of discharging and recharging, and can operate at very low temperatures. At minus 40 degrees centigrade, the battery can discharge 80% of its capacity, against 100% in an ambient temperature of 25 degree centigrade).
Toshiba will bring the new rechargeable battery to commercial products in 2006. Initial applications will be in the automotive and industrial sectors, where the slim, small-sized battery will deliver large amounts of energy while requiring only a minute to recharge. For example, the battery's advantages in size, weight and safety highly suit it for a role as an alternative power source for hybrid electric vehicles.
Toshiba expects that the high energy density and excellent recharge performance of the new battery will assure its successful application as a new energy solution in many areas of society.
Major Specifications of New Battery
1) Excellent Recharge Performance
The thin battery recharges to 80% of full capacity in only a minute. Total recharge takes only a few more minutes.2) High Energy Density
Small and light, the new battery offers a high level of storage efficiency. The prototype battery is only 3.8mm thick, 62mm high and 35mm deep and has a capacity of 600mAh.3) Long Life Cycle
A prototype of new battery (a laminated lithium ion battery with 600mAh capacity) was discharged and fully recharged 1,000 times at a temperature of 25 degrees centigrade and lost only 1% of capacity during the test.4) Temperature
The new battery operates well in extremes of temperature. It discharges 80% of its capacity at minus 40 degrees centigrade, against 100% at an ambient temperature of 25 degrees centigrade, and loses only 5% of capacity at temperatures as high as 45 degrees centigrade after 1,000 cycles. These characteristics assure the wide applicability of the battery as a power source for products as diverse as hybrid vehicles and mobile phones.5) Eco-friendly Battery
The new battery can quickly store energy produced by locomotives and automobiles. This speedy and highly effective recharge characteristic of the battery will support CO2 reduction, as the battery can save and re-use energy that was simply wasted before.Comparison in Terms of Energy Density and Recharge
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Cool.
WOW! That's great news!
Now if they would just embed solar chargers onto the laptop back, I could conceivably not even have to worry about plugging the thing in!
That is truly awe inspiring technology. Fantastic.
Lithium eh.................Yummy...........pass me the can-opener
bttt
Low battery efficiency has been a bottle neck against many scientific developments.
This is WAY cool...and the tip of a very large iceberg
I hope
Does this mean I will be able to recharge my electric car faster than I can fill the tank with gas?
If it can charge in a minute, this means that the internal resistance of the battery is VERY low. Internal resistance limits how fast a battery can charge ...
but ...
it also limits how fast a battery can discharge. So, if this battery shorts (ie. water) this will discharge a lot of power in a very short period of time. This means that a LOT of heat will be generated.
Not saying this isn't a great invention; I am saying that there are going to be inherent dangers in this as well.
ping
Okay, if true what is going to be come very valuable or what is going to be valueless?
When you make a quantum jump forward, you also open a bunch of doors. Some of these doors are positive, some are negative. As long as we know these doors are there, we are safe.
I just don't like surprises.
If you limit the charge on the incoming side, you limit charge on the outgoing side. A diode only determines the direction of the current flow, not the speed. The speed charge/discharge is determined by internal resistance.
It would need some kind of internal fuse
This is not your fathers battery.
What part of this did you not read or comprehend?
A breakthrough technology applied to the negative electrode uses new nano-particles to prevent organic liquid electrolytes from reducing during battery recharging. The nano-particles quickly absorb and store vast amount of lithium ions, without causing any deterioration in the electrode.
The quick charging has nothing to do with the internal resistance.
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