Researchers at Stanford University have just made a major
breakthrough that may impact the technology industry for years to
come: they've built a better battery. The project, an attempt to use
lithium-sulfur in place of the lithium-ion technology that is used in
batteries today, has been in development since 2007. Recently, the
scientists' efforts were rewarded when they created a battery that lasts
four times as long as its lithium-ion counterparts while also having
the benefit of being "significantly safer" than today's batteries which
occasionally explode after short-circuiting.
Although still a ways off from commercial viability (and availability), the lithium-sulfur batteries promise advances like 80% more capacity, 10 times the power density and, theoretically, the ability to last four times as long as modern batteries.
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Author: Sarah Perez
