A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have discovered a method of making super-fast-charging lithium ion batteries using niobium tungsten oxides, hailing the development as “commercially groundbreaking”.
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Researchers say that the solution, devised in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Diamond Light Source, could significantly reduce the charging times of nickel cobalt aluminium oxide batteries, used for electric vehicles, and the lithium cobalt oxide cathodes used in smartphone, notebook and tablet batteries. Ions travel through the new material ‘hundreds of times faster’ the team said and a smartphone could be ‘fully charged in minutes’.
A separate study conducted by Metal Bulletin indicates that one of the biggest drivers behind the development of lithium ion batteries will be the electric vehicle market.
For more on the technology, check out this article. The original article from Nature is here.
