Li-on batteries feature in most of the mobile electronics we use because they pack far higher energy density than their competitors. But until now there have been a whole heap of problems with those same batteries overheating, and even catching on fire. More »
While gadgets improve by leaps and bounds every year, the technology that powers them hasn’t. Batteries still suck, unless something comes of this research at Northwestern University that promises new lithium-ion alternatives that charge 10 times faster with 10 times the capacity. More »
Li-ion batteries were a massive technological step forward from NiMH cells but were not without faults of their own — like their tendency to explode. A new Lithium-Imide technology from Leyden Energy, however, send lithium-ion the way of NiMH. More »
Doubling the Li-ion battery life from five years, Hitachi reckons its new technology, which extends the life of batteries, will also cost less too – thanks to reducing the amount of cobalt used. Hitachi hopes to get them onto the production line in the next year. [Akihabara News]
