A new device developed by a team of scientists at Stanford University (USA) could revolutionize the world of personal electronics. It is a battery that recharges to 100% in just one minute and supports up to 7,500 charges (compared to 1,000 cycles for traditional batteries). The work has been published in the journal Nature .
What differentiates this battery from the ones we know? Basically it has been built with an aluminum anode instead of a lithium one , thus avoiding any flammability problem in this type of device that we have heard, seen or perhaps suffered from from time to time. This battery does not burn or explode despite its fast performance.
It has a voltage of just 2 volts , which would make it necessary to introduce two batteries in the same mobile (the current ones have a requirement of at least 3.6 volts) or to improve the current device to be able to have a single battery.
Because it supports so many loads without losing its storage capacity, this new battery can be used to store larger amounts of energy, such as those required for a large electrical network. In addition, thanks to the physical characteristics of the material, aluminum, will also be able to be introduced in future flexible devices .
At the moment the commercial launch date is unknown but its success is assured due to the demand for better features at the battery survival level in a world governed by smartphones, photo and video cameras and in which each time more we need everything to be immediate.
