Battery Development

[Tommy]

[URL="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/04/07/uk-batteries-aliminium-idUKKBN0MY17R20150407"]New aluminium battery for smartphones can be charged in a minute | Reuters[/URL]

[Leigh Beaumont]

Will make electric cars better

[Made2Fade]

Interesting that these last 7 times longer... I wonder how long it will be before we see this tech in circulation? They say cheaper but it'll cost a small fortune until its readily available like everything else really. Looks promising.

[SGD]

A picture is worth a thousand words or so they say, therefore a vid must be worth a few more!

[video=youtube_share;ZKIcYk7E9lU]http://youtu.be/ZKIcYk7E9lU[/video]

More info here:

[URL="http://www.theengineer.co.uk/energy/news/new-safe-aluminium-battery-offers-60-second-charging/1020164.article"]New 'safe' aluminium battery offers 60-second charging | News | The Engineer[/URL]

[dillwhacker]

Just for fun...
Say a gallon of petrol is 34kWH.
And we want to put in ten gallons worth in 3 minutes...
34,000 x 10 x 20 = 6.8 Megawatt charger...
:grief:

[Zeeflyboy]

yup^^^ that's the problem with superfast charging... the currents involved would melt the damn wires lol.

I'm much more interested in energy density and safety than recharge times. I would happily leave my phone charging for several hours if it would last all week.

[Made2Fade]

Yeh good point Zeeflyboy. Definately with you on that one buddy.

[Red3]

just found this [url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/11/super-battery-elon-musk-tesla-renewable-energy?CMP=ema_1364]Power to the people: bring on the superbattery | Comment is free | The Guardian[/url]

[dieselcarb]

How olds that vid? Mabe bendable phones lol they been around a while now..... apple makes 1 :-D

[cjcj1949]

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Looks like a possible fast charge NiMh replacement.

Using their carbon foam cathode and ultra-dry electrolyte, the researchers produced a prototype battery with a discharge voltage of around 2V and an energy capacity similar to lead acid and nickel–metal hydride batteries. This battery lost very little of its storage capacity after 7000 cycles, making it far superior even to lithium-ion batteries, which last for about 1000 cycles. Perhaps most remarkably, the battery can safely be completely recharged in less than 60 seconds. This is nearly 100 times faster than the maximum charge rate for a lithium-ion battery. The battery can even be bent and folded safely, and the researchers drilled a hole through it while it was operating without causing a dangerous short circuit.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]From [url=http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/04/super-fast-charging-aluminium-batteries-aluminum-ready-take-lithium]Super-fast charging aluminium batteries ready to take on lithium | Chemistry World[/url][/FONT][/COLOR]

[smsodhi]

Any potential advancement in battery technology has got to be good. Not that long ago we were carrying around bricks as mobile phones :)
Maybe in 10 years we will be looking back at the "bricks" we put in our helis now.

[Red3]

don't know if its relevant to our model flying but is read this today interesting.

[url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/technology/1000775/sodium-ion-batteries-could-be-the-future]Sodium-ion batteries could be the future | PC Pro[/url]

[Planehazza]

[QUOTE=dieselcarb;1170965]How olds that vid? Mabe bendable phones lol they been around a while now..... apple makes 1 :-D[/QUOTE]

How did I miss this?! Genius :D