Faster-Charging Li-Ion Batteries
Mar 30, 2009 – Elizabeth Wilson in Chemical & Engineering News reports that Professor Gerbrand Ceder and graduate student Byoungwoo Kang at MIT synthesized a popular Li-ion battery material, LiFePO4 [Nature, 2009, 458, 190] with slightly different characteristics that recharges in seconds rather than minutes. This could be an advance for these ubiquitous batteries found in cars, cell phones, laptops, etc. that until now have been relatively slow to recharge. Li-ion batteries are used by the Tesla all-electric car and any advance in their technology could help the USA achieve the targets announced by President Barack Obama. Please leave your comments here.