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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by hwillis on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:29PM (#13779739)
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.
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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by vladimirralev on Friday March 03, 2017 @02:40AM (#13781351)
You can always connect a few cells in parallel and do whatever power output you want no?
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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by rocqua on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:00AM (#13781613)
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.

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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by c3534l on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:34PM (#13780567)
What if you put in both and charged the lithium battery with solid state one?
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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by hwillis on Friday March 03, 2017 @01:10AM (#13781078)
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.
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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by Dylan16807 on Friday March 03, 2017 @09:01AM (#13782846)
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.
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