New lithium-ion battery that’s 2,000 times more powerful, recharges 1,000 faster

[rukiddingme]

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/153614-new-lithium-ion-battery-design-thats-2000-times-more-powerful-recharges-1000-times-faster

[e2matrix]

That would be awesome.   I just wonder if it's another tech that will fade off into the Netherland of great inventions which never make it to market. 

[TechStuf]

Yeah, it's a bummer that the Netherlands is where all great ideas go to die.


Euro-trash bastards.





(lol)


TS

[MileHigh]

Which brings us neatly onto the University of Illinois' battery, which has a higher power density than a supercapacitor, and yet comparable energy density to current nickel-zinc and lithium-ion batteries.

The battery might find some niche applications that require short bursts of high power.  If the recharge time is super-fast that would be a big improvement.  But the energy density is no higher than current batteries.  The guy writing the article goes off the deep end when he talks about cell phone batteries being thirty times smaller - that makes no sense.

[infringer]

The sugar based battery has more energy density and can be made and disposed of very safely I do not understand why we are not developing this if I had a way to superheat sugar and build my own batteries I believe I would be doing it like now everything in this battery is earth friendly I just don't get why scientists are not pushing for this tech until they have breakthrough .... Energy storage and energy generation are the next be logical steps to evolution.