A significant advancement comes across in the field of batteries. That is the flexible lithium-ion batteries. Flexible lithium-ion batteries do not explode in cases of abnormal conditions. And flexible idea comes from a human spine. In 2017, several proposals regarding the improvement of lithium batteries were raised, including that of its creator, John Goodenough, who at 94 years old has proposed the creation of solid-state batteries, with support for fast charging and with the triple of the capacity of healthy cells.
What is energy Density of Flexible lithium battery?
Also, a researcher from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore created a device capable of refreshing the lithium-ion batteries and restoring old cells to 95% capacity in just 10 hours.
For its part, the company Tesla recently created the most substantial lithium battery in the world. That is to power more than 30,000 households in southern Australia suffering the consequences of an electricity crisis.
Flexible lithium battery for smart devices
The creation of all kinds of smart devices has become a real trend in the technology sector. Smartphones, smartwatches, flexible screens and even televisions that in the past we would never have imagined. All of them seek to cover a different market, despite the fact that everyone wants to be more efficient regarding manageability and comfort for the user.
However, the most recurrent problem when we talk about this type of device is its duration. We have even seen how many of these pieces often explode devices.
Now, researchers from the University of Columbia, in the United States. They have set out to solve the absence of high-performance flexible accumulators in this type of batteries by developing a flexible cell that aims to revolutionize the technological world.
The original idea of the project arose from the human spine, whose flexibility was the inspiration to offer this abnormal condition to lithium batteries. Also, the researchers revealed that the prototype battery has a stable voltage and high energy density. So, providing an excellent level of performance.
Researcher Yuan Yang, who directs the project, said through the official statement :
The energy density of this prototype is one of the highest recorded so far. We have created a simple and sufficient approach to produce large-scale flexible lithium-ion batterie. That is similar to the column and with excellent electrochemical and mechanical properties.
As we mentioned before, this flexible lithium battery is only a prototype. So there is still a long way to go in its development and doubts have not yet been clarified regarding the duration it will offer.