Yet another new battery technology.

[JohnCade]

Saw this today.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/07/aluminium-battery-can-charge-phone-in-one-minute-scientists-say

Is this a prospect?

 

[trex]

it looks like Aluminium Ion battery, aluminium + Lithium ion.
Very interesting. Fast charging may not be so good when the capacity is scaled up to make it commercially viable.

 

[Alan Quay]

Some of these journalists need their R's kicking for factual inaccuracies. The article starts by saying scientists have invented a "...battery (that) can charge a mobile phone in one minute."

I already have a few of these laying around, one in each of my cars for a start.

I am assuming the article meant "...a phone battery that can be charged in one minute..."

Surely someone proof reads/edits these articles?

(Oh, thanks for the link John, no reflection on you sir!)

 

[RobF]

I am assuming the article meant "...a phone battery that can be charged in one minute..."

Quite, although the scientists have not invented a mobile phone battery.

They have invented battery technology which, if used in an application the size of a mobile phone battery, could be charged in one minute.

Presumably an ebike sized battery would take a lot longer charge, albeit it would be much quicker than current ones.

Or maybe not, perhaps any size of battery using this technology would charge in a minute, if you had enough grunt to put into it.

Good thing I'm not in charge (ho-ho) of battery development, we'd still be using Voltaic piles.