Who Wants Longer Lasting Batteries?

Saturday, Feb. 6 2010 | Author: Noemi

I am sure you have your hand raised – probably both of your hands even. In this day and age, batteries are as essential as the gadgets that they power. There is nothing worse than finding yourself out of juice in the middle of the day without any way to charge your mobile phone or laptop. And while battery life has increased in the past few years, we have to admit that it still has a long way to go.

A Japanese company is giving us hope though. Eamex says that it has developed new technology that will extend the life of Lithium Ion batteries. Just how much longer will they last? If reports are to be believed, these new batteries can be charged and discharged for more than 10,000 times. Even better, they will last for 20 years. That’s far longer than most gadgets will last the average person!

Just to give us an idea of how the technology works, Eamex says that they have solved the main problem of short battery life: the weakening of the bond between the particles of an essential part of batteries: the tin-coated resin. If this bond is made to be stronger for longer, then batteries will last more than they do today. Again, Eamex claims that it has solved this problem. The forecast is that by the end of this year, they will be able to launch the new battery. Now I wonder how much this will cost?