The world’s strongest battery, developed by researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, is paving the way for massless energy storage that could help build credit-card-thin mobile phones or even increase the range of electric vehicles by as much as 70 percent, a press release said.
The structural battery developed at Chalmers is made from composite material and uses carbon fibers for both positive and negative electrodes. In previous iterations of the battery, the core of the positive electrode was made from aluminum foil. On this occasion, the researchers coated the carbon fibers with lithium iron phosphate (LFP).
Structural batteries are a possible solution to the problem since they shoulder load-bearing functions in a device and are no longer deadweights that must be carried around. In the case of a vehicle, this also reduces energy consumption, which translates into a higher range.
The lithium ions in the battery are transported through a semi-solid electrolyte, reducing the fire risk. However, it cannot deliver high power yet, an area the team is focusing on now. The researchers have also increased the stiffness of the battery pack, which enables it to carry loads like aluminum but at a much lower weight.
In 1980, John Goodenough doubled the battery’s potential, creating the right conditions for a vastly more powerful and useful battery. In 1985, Akira Yoshino succeeded in eliminating pure lithium from the battery, instead basing it wholly on lithium ions, which are safer than pure lithium. This made LITHIUM the battery workable in practice.
This made LITHIUM the battery workable in practice. LITHIUM Lithium-ion ION batteries have brought the greatest benefit to humankind, as they have enabled the development of laptop computers, mobile phones, electric vehicles and the storage of energy generated by solar and wind power.
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