Breakthrough Technology: Discovery of Sugar Batteries that can last 10 times longer than Lithium-ion batteries
Long lasting
battery technologies for powering gadgets have for years only witnessed slight
improvement, as can be seen from a shift from Nickel based batteries to much
better Lithium-ion batteries.
If the sugar batteries are finally developed into full commercial quantity bio-batteries, you might then be witnessing a situation whereby you can then use your gadgets for straight one week before charging and you can refill the battery to energize it when it gets weaker over a long space of time.
And even the
Lithium batteries which prove far better than the former on most newly
developed gadgets are still not left with various shortcomings such as inflammability,
durability etc.
Therefore
the need to still improve on the existing Lithium-ion batteries has constantly
being sort for and the challenges for doing so have been daunting.
But recently,
scientists have reportedly made a breakthrough technology to what appear is
going to be a lasting solution to your phone and laptop batteries.
The breakthrough
technology was a result of now being able to convert the chemical energy in
sugar substrates into electrical energy to produce bio-batteries.
Normally, it
is the process obtainable in common Lithium-ion batteries that powers most of
your gadgets, i.e. the conversion of chemical energy into electricity.
But scientists
discovered that the energy density contained in sugar is even higher than those
that can be found in Lithium-ion batteries.
When subjected
to test, they were able to achieve energy storage density of about 596
Ampere-hour per Kilogram (A-h/Kg) in the sugar bio batteries, whereas that of
the normal Lithium-ion battery yielded energy storage density of about 42
A-h/kg.
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In other
word implying that the sugar batteries will be capable of running approximately
10 times longer than the Lithium-ion batteries.
Unlike the
Lithium-ion batteries, the sugar bio batteries appear to be more environmental
friendly, cheaper to produce, nonflammable and can be refilled and therefore
are perfectly classified under renewable energy.
If the sugar batteries are finally developed into full commercial quantity bio-batteries, you might then be witnessing a situation whereby you can then use your gadgets for straight one week before charging and you can refill the battery to energize it when it gets weaker over a long space of time.
Breakthrough Technology: Discovery of Sugar Batteries that can last 10 times longer than Lithium-ion batteries
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