Ground breaking new technology could provide ten times the energy of current batteries
By Kevin Cheung
Posted 21.05.2020 at 10:43 am
The frustrations that come from the limited battery life of mobile phones, and laptops could become a thing of the past thanks to a new battery developed at the University of St Andrews in the UK. Researchers believe they can boost the power supply by a factor of as much as ten, and the technology can even be applied to electric cars.
Made from porous carbon, the STAIR (St Andrews Air) cell boosts power by drawing oxygen from the air through the surface of the battery during discharge. The oxygen reacts within the pores of the carbon to discharge the battery.
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