“There is an ongoing battle between R&D labs to come up with new battery tech that replaces lithium-ion,” Matthew Humphries reports for PC Magazine. “But until that happens, evolution of the lithium-ion rechargeable battery continues, and Samsung is the latest to make a breakthrough on that front with the development of graphene balls.”
“The graphene ball was developed by the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) in close collaboration with Samsung SDI and a team from Seoul National University’s School of Chemical and Biological Engineering,” Humphries reports. “The end result is batteries that demonstrate an increased capacity of up to 45 percent while at the same time charging five-time faster.”
“As the in-depth article on Nature explains, adding the graphene balls to existing battery production lines would not require substantial change,” Humphries reports, “meaning this new battery could be brought online fairly quickly and without much additional cost.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The future is made of graphene.
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New supercapacitor battery tech lasts for days, charges in seconds – November 22, 2016
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Graphene: The totally amazing wonder material that could revolutionize technology – May 13, 2014
Will this cause larger explosions? 😉
If battery capacity (ignition potential), amount of lithium polymer (fuel) and packaging (container pressure rating) is used I doubt the ‘explosion’ will be any larger should one occur. Depending on the design it may actually reduce the chances of a fire while increasing the operational temperature range of the battery similar to adding salt to water to allow higher and lower temperatures to be achieved while in a liquid state.
At least Sammy was innovative.. Enough with the explosions already..
never forget lol
No silly…. faster ones. Duh!
David Pogue made an excellent program for PBS Nova about Lithium and other contemporary energy storing tech. (It has some nice explosions):
That was a good show.
Hey, Tim Cook, how come Apple didn’t announce this. Officially, Apple has no balls.
Apple would only start bragging when they can claim they have the “smallest balls ever”. And they’d call them AppleBalls because iBalls would be confusing.
Apple does not announce technologies but real finished products you can actually buy….
…. is what I would have said before the homePod delay.
I am sorry, but faster charge time is no substitute for just putting in more battery capacity. Humans need 5+ hours to recharge per day, it’s fine for personal electronics to take that long too.
But why the hell in 2017 is there no phone maker willing to enable an 16+ hour phone life in real world use? Jony’s thinness quest has outlived its usefulness. The Apple humpback kludge is an embarrassment. Make every model iPhone 2 mm thicker, with curved back like the original if need be, and the iPhone would be twice as desirable.
By the way, as stingy as Apple is on its batteries, I would not expect to see any graphene in an Apple product unless it was cheaper or unless Samsung does it first.
“…batteries that demonstrate AN INCREASED CAPACITY OF UP TO 45 PERCENT while at the same time charging five-time faster.”
Anything else you’d like to know?
For those interested in battery technology, it’s well worth looking at the linked article in Nature, rather than the summary in PC magazine. It’s a scientific paper and therefore highly technical, but it covers many aspects and provides a lot of detail.
New developments are always made to sound exciting, but this particular development really does look like a winner to me. The fast-recharging aspect may not be all that important in cellphones, although of course faster charging is never a bad thing, but fast charging could be highly significant when it comes to wearables, such as Apple Watch or medical monitoring devices. The ability to fully recharge in the time it takes to shower means that devices could be worn while sleeping as well as during the day.
Blah! This won’t be a real invention until Apple puts it into one of it’s products. Until then, it’s a fake news story released by Samsdung.
@MakeAppleGreatAgain
Apple could buy its balls from Samsung, incorporate Samsung balls into Apple products, announce product upcoming release dates, then admit that Apple won’t be able to release the products on time.
I just can get over Apple will have to buy its balls from Sansung or, at least, license the technology from Samsung to grow a pair.
Just like HomePod, huh? At least Apple leads the tech community in talking turd emojis!