Posted by ketyung
on Nov/04/2009
at 8:11 am
Zinc-Air batteries are the next generation batteries for gadgets which claim to have more than double the juice that Li-ion batteries could store. Some more the Zinc-Air costs less to manufacture, safer and friendly to the user and environment.
The Zinc Air battery simply sucks the oxygen from room air to generate current. Air and zinc are the electrodes, making zinc air safer than lithium-ion batteries as no volatile materials contained within that could possibly catch fire.
Zinc Air was developed by Norway firm, SINTEF and being marketed by ReVolt. The prototype been designed to fit smaller form factor and power-hungry mobile gadgets. It’d also be made for automobile industries in the form of rechargeable battery packs for electric vehicles.
The two companies are still striving to improve the recharging cycle counts of the battery before getting it to the next step. ReVolt is hoping the Zinc could reach at least 500 recharging cycles to be more solid to kick Lithium Ion battery away.
via thecoolgadgets Thanks Edward
November 4th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
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