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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.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 08 2015, @01:48AM
Presumably because the rapid charging that is the selling point requires being wired in parallel.
Not saying this is the best approach, but you can change the wiring internally so that it is parallel during charging versus serial during regular use.