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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday April 07 2015, @07:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the probably-ready-in-about-5-years dept.

The Telegraph and Stanford News are reporting a new aluminium-ion cell which is hoped will outperform conventional lithium-ion cells.

As well as charging in 60 seconds, it is claimed, the cell will withstand 7,500 charge/discharge cycles compared with lithium-ion's 1,000 cycles.

Apart from a low 2-volt output, "our battery has everything else you'd dream that a battery should have: inexpensive electrodes, good safety, high-speed charging, flexibility and long cycle life," states Hongjie Dai, Professor of chemistry at Stanford University.

"We have developed a rechargeable aluminium battery that may replace existing storage devices, such as alkaline batteries, which are bad for the environment, and lithium-ion batteries, which occasionally burst into flames."

The research is due to be published in Nature.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday April 07 2015, @08:15PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 07 2015, @08:15PM (#167579) Journal

    I take it you've never incorrectly jumped a car(or seen it happen or heard about it, lest ya'll think I have). Batteries are dangerous piles of dense chemical energy.

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