Battery technology definitely still has more rooms for improvement. Scientists and researchers all over the world have been working on this area, hoping to find a way or to produce a super long-lasting battery that is way better than what gadgets use now. There have been similar efforts already including the solid-state electrolyte tech and Samsung’s project of a battery technology with double capacity.
The current tech and industry definitely needs to see a significant change but this time, we’re somewhat near to that reality of a better and longer-lasting battery. University of California, Irvine researchers built a nanowire battery using gold and new materials. The idea is that the new battery can last and work efficiently even after thousands of charging cycles. The researchers discovered it by accident and so we’re hoping it will soon be finalized and implemented.
This nanowire-based battery material was already tested about 200,000 times within three months. It’s harsh but it’s the only way to find out the quality of power capacity or charging quality—if it will survive or not. Luckily, the new battery survived. It didn’t show loss or reduced power capacity. It didn’t even show any damage at all despite the condition.
To start the solution, the researchers did this: coat a gold nanowire in a manganese dioxide shell and encasing the assembly in an electrolyte made of a Plexiglas-like gel. The result is a combination that can also be reliable and resistant to failure.
Nothing is certain or final yet but we know the scientists and researchers are always hard at work to come up with the correct solutions to the common problems.
SOURCE: PHYS.ORG
