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A new phone battery will last twice as long as the current one

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August 22
by chris eilers

A new phone battery- lithium-metal battery- is being developed. With this new battery, your device can last twice as long as the current one (lithium ion). 

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New phone battery: new long life

Smartphones having huge battery usually come with thick bodies. And vice versa, slim mobiles do not have big capacities. It’s hard to balance these two features. However, things are about to change. A slim device is gonna have a huge phone battery life. Yup, you didn’t hear it wrong. Batteries will have a huge improvement. Thanks to MIT’s technology, your device now can get the best of both worlds: the slim body and huge battery capacity.

This SolidEnergy Systems company is working on a new battery called “anode-free” lithium-metal battery. This kind of battery is 20% thinner than the current one- lithium-ion battery. Not only that, the lithium-metal battery has the battery capacity twice the amount of lithium-ion battery. The secret is a thin foil. The company uses the thin foil for the anode, not graphite as usual.

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This high-energy lithium metal foil can hold more ions than graphite. And this means that there will be more energy capacity. So, the new battery will have half a size of a normal battery, But provide the same amount of energy like a lithium-ion battery. Or it will have the same size but last twice as long as the old model. Besides, it is rechargeable and safer.

Lithium-metal phone battery: release date

This new technology of battery will come out soon, says, this November. However, it is only available for drones. If you want your smartphones or wearable devices featuring this battery, you have to wait until next year- 2017. Smart cars will be applied in 2018. And you have to wait for months or years after the day smartphone manufacturers decide to use this battery. If you want to know more, just keep updated with us!