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Stanford Claims New Battery Charges in 60 seconds

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

Dr Ippy writes:

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: 3, Informative) by bob_super on Tuesday April 07 2015, @09:31PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday April 07 2015, @09:31PM (#167600)

    > charging in 60 seconds

    If it self-discharges in a week, I don't want it. The aforementioned Tesla already needs a significant amount of juice to stay topped off overnight.

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  • (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Tuesday April 07 2015, @11:00PM

    by mtrycz (60) on Tuesday April 07 2015, @11:00PM (#167629)

    But even if it does discharge in a week, you can still have it filled in less time than grabbing a coffee.

    ie: it isn't relevant anymore. Or atleast it depends on the application. It's irrelevant if we talk cars or phones.

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    • (Score: 2) by monster on Wednesday April 08 2015, @03:25PM

      by monster (1260) on Wednesday April 08 2015, @03:25PM (#167874) Journal

      Charging a Tesla-like car battery in 60 seconds would suck so much energy from your home wiring that it could even start a fire.

      • (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Wednesday April 08 2015, @07:28PM

        by mtrycz (60) on Wednesday April 08 2015, @07:28PM (#167956)

        Thanks for the headsup. That's even more awesome than I antcipated ;)

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    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday April 13 2015, @05:26AM

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday April 13 2015, @05:26AM (#169553)

      It's relevant because I pay for every charge. I pay for the overnight losses, and some power company has to burn something to produce the juice.
      It's also highly relevant if I want to leave the car at the airport during a trip.