Before we divide the bear into all of its succulent parts it might be wise to verify the source of the news.
So far I can't verify it. On top of that, according to Toshiba they were planning on getting out of the rechargeable lithium ion battery business See: http://www.toshiba.com/taec/cgi-bin/display.cgi?table=Family&FamilyID=8 Can somebody supply the link? It's not quite April 1st yet. Fess up!!!! Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson OrionWorks.com > > From: "R. Wormus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/03/29 Tue PM 05:34:20 GMT > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: New battery technology > > Press Release: > > New battery offers unsurpassed recharge performance and high energy density > TOKYO -- Toshiba Corporation today announced a breakthrough in lithium-ion > batteries that makes long recharge times a thing of the past. The company's > new battery can recharge 80% of a battery's energy capacity in only one > minute, approximately 60 times faster than the typical lithium-ion > batteries in wide use today, and combines this fast recharge time with > performance-boosting improvements in energy density. > > The new battery fuses Toshiba's latest advances in nano-material technology > for the electric devices sector with cumulative know-how in manufacturing > lithium-ion battery cells. A breakthrough technology applied to the > negative electrode uses new nano-particles to prevent organic liquid > electrolytes from reducing during battery recharging. The nano-particles > quickly absorb and store vast amount of lithium ions, without causing any > deterioration in the electrode. > > The excellent recharging characteristics of new battery are not its only > performance advantages. The battery has a long life cycle, losing only 1% > of capacity after 1,000 cycles of discharging and recharging, and can > operate at very low temperatures. At minus 40 degrees centigrade, the > battery can discharge 80% of its capacity, against 100% in an ambient > temperature of 25 degree centigrade). > > Toshiba will bring the new rechargeable battery to commercial products in > 2006. Initial applications will be in the automotive and industrial > sectors, where the slim, small-sized battery will deliver large amounts of > energy while requiring only a minute to recharge. For example, the > battery's advantages in size, weight and safety highly suit it for a role > as an alternative power source for hybrid electric vehicles. > > Toshiba expects that the high energy density and excellent recharge > performance of the new battery will assure its successful application as a > new energy solution in many areas of society. > > Major Specifications of New Battery > > Excellent Recharge Performance > The thin battery recharges to 80% of full capacity in only a minute. Total > recharge takes only a few more minutes. > > High Energy Density > Small and light, the new battery offers a high level of storage efficiency. > The prototype battery is only 3.8mm thick, 62mm high and 35mm deep and has > a capacity of 600mAh. > > Long Life Cycle > A prototype of new battery (a laminated lithium ion battery with 600mAh > capacity) was discharged and fully recharged 1,000 times at a temperature > of 25 degrees centigrade and lost only 1% of capacity during the test. > > Temperature > The new battery operates well in extremes of temperature. It discharges 80% > of its capacity at minus 40 degrees centigrade, against 100% at an ambient > temperature of 25 degrees centigrade, and loses only 5% of capacity at > temperatures as high as 45 degrees centigrade after 1,000 cycles. These > characteristics assure the wide applicability of the battery as a power > source for products as diverse as hybrid vehicles and mobile phones. > > Eco-friendly Battery > The new battery can quickly store energy produced by locomotives and > automobiles. This speedy and highly effective recharge characteristic of > the battery will support CO2 reduction, as the battery can save and re-use > energy that was simply wasted before. > >
