New Battery Tech Could Offer 3 Times More Power
The mobile tech world has been growing at a ridiculous rate over the last few years. Processor cores continue to multiply, screens get bigger and brighter, wireless speeds increase, cameras get faster and better, etc.
One thing that hasn’t really evolved with all these changes though is battery technology. In fact, batteries are becoming a major downfall of many phones. Lack of a removable battery can be a deal breaker for some. Too small of a battery and the phone will likely not succeed.
Well it seems like a very promising new battery technology could be on the way. An engineer, Sibani Lisa Biswal, and research scientist, Madhuri Thakur, from Rice University have discovered that crushed silicone can offer 3 times the battery capacity of your traditional lithium-ion battery. Apparently, this crushed silicone can hold 1000mAh per gram versus the 350mAh per gram on the traditional battery.
If this technology comes to market it could be a major game changer. Not only could you have longer lasting phones, but phones could get even thinner since a smaller battery could hold more charge. This could potentially pair very well with something like a flexible screen display which would be aimed to be super thin.
I’m very much looking forward to seeing crushed silicone powered batteries in my future phones.