Scientists Develop New Battery That Can Be Recharged to 70% in 2 Minutes and Lasts 20 Years

Scientists have developed a new battery that can be recharged up to 70% in 2 minutes and has a lifespan of over 20 years, reports Science Daily.

The battery was developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and is expected to impact many industries, especially electric vehicles which suffer from long recharge times of over 4 hours and limited lifespan.

The battery will let electric vehicles charge 20 times faster than currently possible. Also, the battery can endure more than 10,000 charging cycles. That's 20 times more than the 500 cycles typical of today's batteries.

NTU Singapore's scientists replaced the traditional graphite used for the anode (negative pole) in lithium-ion batteries with a new gel material made from titanium dioxide, an abundant, cheap and safe material found in soil. It is commonly used as a food additive or in sunscreen lotions to absorb harmful ultraviolet rays. Naturally found in a spherical shape, NTU Singapore developed a simple method to turn titanium dioxide particles into tiny nanotubes that are a thousand times thinner than the diameter of a human hair. This nanostructure is what helps to speeds up the chemical reactions taking place in the new battery, allowing for superfast charging.

The battery was invented by Associate Professor Chen Xiaodong from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at NTU Singapore.

NTU professor Rachid Yazami, the co-inventor of the lithium-graphite anode that is used in most lithium-ion batteries today, said Chen's invention is the next big leap in battery technology.

"While the cost of lithium-ion batteries has been significantly reduced and its performance improved since Sony commercialised it in 1991, the market is fast expanding towards new applications in electric mobility and energy storage," said Prof Yazami. "There is still room for improvement and one such key area is the power density -- how much power can be stored in a certain amount of space -- which directly relates to the fast charge ability. Ideally, the charge time for batteries in electric vehicles should be less than 15 minutes, which Prof Chen's nanostructured anode has proven to do.

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Can it charge my phone?

Only a university with the name "Nanyang" can do that

Wow

20 years Some people's battery will live longer than them o.

Let them put it in blackberry phones,the way I see BB owners go about with chargers,and powerbank is something else.

Blackberry needs the innovation badly.

Terribly ambiguous title. My first thought was that the battery could last 20 years without a recharge lol. What it is is that it has a life span of 20 years. It charges to 70% in 120 seconds.

This will have good use in electric cars, mobile phones and devices, inverters, etc

For the love of science.


NTU Assoc Prof Chen holding the ultrafast rechargable batteries in his right hand, with the battery test station to his left.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141013090449.htm

now this is the real deal...

Let them apply the technology on smartphones. We need a battery that would last for two months on a single charge no matter how one uses the phone.

These group of scientists should be protected.

The Oil companies will stop at nothing but to destroy their legacy. Imagine a world that petroleum has super alternative.

This is very good.
Scientists...always on their toes...

They will kill the idea of commercialising it!

I so love science.

Chai.



I don forget wetin i wan talk now.

bad news 4 nigerians.

batry usage ll replace fuel consumption in cars, engines and the rest of them.

we no need am

Nice one....more knowledge to dia brains

Exciting invention.

so if i buy this battery now, my children go come meet am. e make sense o
#dancing.

The fact remains that it still won't be for public use

Science no go kill us mbok .

fab04:
Only a university with the name "Nanyang" can do that

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Aswear. As if you knew what was on my mind. I hadn't even gotten to the inventor's name and I was already expecting a "xian pong "pi ming "one stupid asian name sha..
We have institutes of technology in nigeria o.. .iam still waiting to see our name on the international board of inventors. #HaJustDeyObserve

SLIDEwaxie:
They will kill the idea of commercialising it!

Especially countries like .America that's got massive Oil Reserves and Nigeria cos they wanto keep getting Rich AF!

So that small boi don collect prof? while am still in ma undergraduate. Life could be so unfair sometimes. Abt the battery,hope it doesn't have any side effects. Hope e no go dey kill sperm cells sha? Cos I Neva born o

Nice development.
Some people their battery go live longer than them.

Billyonaire:
These group of scientists should be protected.

The Oil companies will stop at nothing but to destroy their legacy. Imagine a world that petroleum has super alternative.

I think Tesla will steal them before anyone does if they can approach the company. Ellon Musk is currently at the forefront with his electric car campaign which is billed to take the world by storm.

Those who think of the future will never go hungry.

olukenzo:
Terribly ambiguous title. My first thought was that the battery could last 20 years without a recharge lol. What it is is that it has a life span of 20 years. It charges to 70% in 120 seconds.

This will have good use in electric cars, mobile phones and devices, inverters, etc

For the love of science.


NTU Assoc Prof Chen holding the ultrafast rechargable batteries in his right hand, with the battery test station to his left.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141013090449.htm

I thought as much when I saw the title

Nice development


Need the one that charge a phone and
Lasts 20days before recharge

chaii this is the real 'ojuti nepa' what Africans need... very small and durable that it can replace those big inverters they call batteries in our phones

most especially BlackBerry 'I no abuse una ooo'

and like someone has earlier said and i quote 'some people's phone will still remain charged or alive even when they are dead' lool

make rim come do bb 100 using this battery and iPhone 7 or 7+rubber and windows phones to doors and so on sha...