A major breakthrough in energy storage by researchers in the US
A major breakthrough in battery design could mean that... the days of waiting hours for phone to charge will probably be a thing of the past.
Researchers from the University of Maryland have created an innovative battery that charges devices in just 12 minutes.
The team of researchers claims that this invention could lead to the long-awaited miniaturization of energy storage devices.
The battery uses structures, called "nanopores," to transport electrical charge to each end through nanotube electrodes.
"A nanopore is a tiny hole, 80,000 times smaller than a human hair, made from a sheet of ceramic material," explained one of the study's authors, Eleanor Gillette, according to a Daily Mail report.
According to doctoral researcher in Materials Science and Engineering, Chanyuan Liu, this battery, described in an article published in Nature Nanotechnology, can be charged in just 12 minutes and recharged thousands of times.
"Fast charging is a very attractive, quality feature," she commented.
The research was funded by the US Department of Energy.
Source: newsbeast.gr
