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"RENO, NV--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 10, 2005 -- Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (NasdaqSC:ALTI - News) announced today that it has achieved a breakthrough in Lithium Ion battery electrode materials, which will enable a new generation of rechargeable battery to be introduced into the marketplace, as well as create new markets for rechargeable batteries. These new materials allow rechargeable batteries to be manufactured that have three times the power of existing Lithium Ion batteries at the same price and with recharge times measured in a few minutes rather than hours." -DonW- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:11 PM To: vortex-list Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New battery technology 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. > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 3/27/2005
