Thursday, August 24, 2006
Nano batteries - The New Era In Laptop Batteries?
After recent events of laptop batteries burning up and exploding and Dell's mammoth battery recall, Nano batteries may hold the answer. Toshiba, which also makes laptop batteries among other devices has developed a lithium battery with nano material technology.
The new battery can recharge 80% of a battery's energy capacity in one minute. This battery also has an improved energy density. The battery also boasts, a long life cycle, operate in extreme temperatures and the ambient temperature is 25 degree centigrade. The prototype battery is only 3.8mm thick, 62mm high and 35mm deep and has a capacity of 600mAh.
This will be ideal for laptops and other mobile devices. Eventhough Lithium Ion batteries offered better performance than Nickel Cadmium and Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, they still lose capacity. This is due to the organic liquid electrolyte reducing during the battery recahrging process. The new nano battery contains nano particles which absorb and store the Lithium ions without causing any deterioration.
We will just have to wait and see for Toshiba to develop these batteries commercially in the coming months.
The new battery can recharge 80% of a battery's energy capacity in one minute. This battery also has an improved energy density. The battery also boasts, a long life cycle, operate in extreme temperatures and the ambient temperature is 25 degree centigrade. The prototype battery is only 3.8mm thick, 62mm high and 35mm deep and has a capacity of 600mAh.
This will be ideal for laptops and other mobile devices. Eventhough Lithium Ion batteries offered better performance than Nickel Cadmium and Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, they still lose capacity. This is due to the organic liquid electrolyte reducing during the battery recahrging process. The new nano battery contains nano particles which absorb and store the Lithium ions without causing any deterioration.
We will just have to wait and see for Toshiba to develop these batteries commercially in the coming months.
