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New Battery Tech Could Lead to Longer Life in Handhelds

Posted on Wednesday, November 16 @ 08:51:44 Eastern by


Handheld systems like the 3DS and the PlayStation Vita are invaluable for travel, providing hours of gaming on the go. Being packed with so much tech, they drain their built-in lithium ion batteries quickly, leaving these handhelds with a mere 3-4 hour battery life—not exactly ideal for a portable device.

But new developments being made at Northwestern University show promise of creating new battery technology that will extend current battery life.

"We have found a way to extend a new lithium-ion battery's charge life by 10 times," said Harold H. Kung, in a statement released by the Northwestern University. "Even after 150 charges, which would be one year or more of operation, the battery is still five times more effective than lithium-ion batteries on the market today".

The process isn't easy to understand, and involves sandwiching (mmm, sandwich) silicon clusters between graphene sheets, which allows for more lithium atoms per silicon atom; thus, a greater charge is produced.

This is still in the research stages, but with the speed by which technology improves, I wouldn't be suprised to see this being implemented into smartphones in two years time. Maybe not in time for the 3DS and Vita, but it's possible for the next gen of handhelds.

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  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2011 at 10:57 am
    It might take longer than that. Research needs to be bought, patented, developed, produced, and distributed. I think it might take about five years.
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  • Rinnon
    Rinnon
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2011 at 11:56 am
    Yeah, and that's assuming they don't run across some kind of snag. Like, the batteries are prone to exploding or something like that.
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  • NickKmet
    NickKmet
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
    Universities usually partner up with businesses on new tech these days. Should make something like this come out a little faster.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
    Usually the business offer sponsors and grants to assist in the research, but that doesn't make anything Nick said, including the legal stuff, go any faster.
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  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
    Nothing is more awesome than Nick commenting on the posts of the employees whose writing he audits with, "You're wrong because of that **** I didn't mention to you before the article went live."
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  • Ranim
    Ranim
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
    They were saying the same god damn thing 5 years ago, and nothing came of it.
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