Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by Scaevolus on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:18PM
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Making a phone battery 1/3 the size and 2.5x heavier might be an improvement-- smaller, denser phones feel more "premium".
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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by modeless on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:22PM
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I'd prefer 1x the size, 7.5x the weight and 3x the battery life.
Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by rys on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:42PM
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You'd like your smartphone to weigh 1kg?
Edit: I assumed total phone weight there, not just battery weight. Apologies if you're just talking about the battery.
Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by hwillis on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:29PM
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Unfortunately solid state batteries can't provide enough power for a smartphone. I would absolutely buy a phone that browsed slower for longer battery life + the ability to work below freezing though.
Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by vladimirralev on Friday March 03, 2017 @02:40AM
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You can always connect a few cells in parallel and do whatever power output you want no?
Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by rocqua on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:00AM
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If stuff is build for single cell li-ion at 3.7V, combining 2 cells at 2.4V is going to be a bit much.
I also believe cells in series are slightly more brittle, because of the potential for uneven discharge.
Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by c3534l on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:34PM
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What if you put in both and charged the lithium battery with solid state one?
Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by hwillis on Friday March 03, 2017 @01:10AM
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The solid state battery does not have enough power to meet average power demands. The phone would work for a short amount of time, then shut off until the small battery charged again.
Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid...
by Dylan16807 on Friday March 03, 2017 @09:01AM
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What is the power density, then? It would have to be amazingly worse than a normal battery if it can't meet average phone demand.