Li Ion battery recharges in one minute

[Ivan Seeking]

Li Ion battery "recharges in one minute"

TOKYO — Toshiba Corp. has developed a lithium-ion battery the company said features the short rechargeable time of capacitors and the energy capacity of conventional lithium-ion batteries.

Toshiba's new battery can recharge 80 percent of the battery's energy capacity in one minute, approximately 60 times faster than the typical Li-ion batteries. The energy density is 150 to 250 Wh (Watt-hour)/liter, equal to the lower range of energy densities existing lithium ion batteries have. Advanced Li-ion rechargeable batteries reach densities of 600 Wh/l.

"It should be the world first lithium ion battery that can be charged in one minute. The battery has a big potential. [continued]

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159907938

big potential...

 

[willib]

Toshiba achieved the breakthrough by using nanoparticles of several hundred nanometers coated uniformly on the negative electrode and newly developed electrolytic solution. This stable formulation does not react with lithium ions at the cathode in a manner that would lower the battery's cycle time. The electrolytic solution and nanoparticles enable large number of lithium ions move quickly to the cathode and store in the particles in recharging mode.

interesting ..maybe Evidots..
lol , big potential i thought the same as i read it..
one can only imagine what batteries we will come up with , in the future ..