The ever growing processing power in the consumer electronics has caused the issues of battery life to come under the light. Ever increasing processing power naturally means more load on the battery, since it has to draw more current from it. This leads to the battery getting drained faster and requiring us to charge it almost everyday.<\/p>\n
But, one new discovery and development has finally given some hope that micro batteries and huge power are no longer a distant future.<\/p>\n
The new batteries being developed in University of Illinois can store more charge than the super capacitors<\/a> and at the same time be charged instantly without long waits. The researchers have claimed that it can start up a dead battery of a car too!<\/p>\n So far, all the electronics got smaller and smaller, the processing power grew exponentially, but the technology for batteries has not changed much in the recent past. The new batteries which are extremely small and at the same time a lot more powerful than anyone has thought, said William P. King, lead researcher for the microbattery<\/strong> project.<\/p>\n The batteries are able to charge quickly because of the fast charging cathode design\u00a0\u00a0materials science and engineering<\/a>\u00a0professor\u00a0Paul Braun\u2019s group<\/a>.<\/p>\n Braun’s group developed a 3D nanostructure for battery cathode that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity.<\/p>\n This system gives capacitor like power with battery like energy. Most capacitors store very little energy, but they can release it fast. Most batteries store more energy but cannot discharge fast enough or cannot be charged fast enough. The new microbatteries can do both.<\/p>\n