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March 1st, 2010, 18:05
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Sure, not a day goes by without some sort revolutionary (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/new-lithium-ion-battery-could-last-20-years-long-after-youve-b/) (if not just plain silly (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/10/twirling-battery-concept-promises-a-quick-power-fix/)) announcement regarding fuel cells, and once again (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/panasonic-and-new-best-friend-sanyo-plan-one-week-storage-batter/) it looks like it's Panasonic's turn. According to Nikkei, the company will begin volume production of Li-ion rechargeable batteries that use a silicon alloy anode sometime in fiscal 2012. While Si alloy batteries have a tenfold theoretical improvement over current cells that utilize graphite, Panny claims that its device will have an improvement in linear capacity of close to thirty percent -- keeping at least 80 percent of its capacity even after 500 charge/recharge cycles. Currently the bad boy is being marketed towards notebook batteries, although we could be seeing 'em in our electric cars in the near future. Catch a couple pictures from the press conference after the break.
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Sure, not a day goes by without some sort revolutionary (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/new-lithium-ion-battery-could-last-20-years-long-after-youve-b/) (if not just plain silly (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/10/twirling-battery-concept-promises-a-quick-power-fix/)) announcement regarding fuel cells, and once again (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/panasonic-and-new-best-friend-sanyo-plan-one-week-storage-batter/) it looks like it's Panasonic's turn. According to Nikkei, the company will begin volume production of Li-ion rechargeable batteries that use a silicon alloy anode sometime in fiscal 2012. While Si alloy batteries have a tenfold theoretical improvement over current cells that utilize graphite, Panny claims that its device will have an improvement in linear capacity of close to thirty percent -- keeping at least 80 percent of its capacity even after 500 charge/recharge cycles. Currently the bad boy is being marketed towards notebook batteries, although we could be seeing 'em in our electric cars in the near future. Catch a couple pictures from the press conference after the break.
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