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Researchers create quick-charging batteries from readily available materials
Boing Boing Gadgets — From Nature: Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge have found a way to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. The compound, which is already used in the electrodes of some commercial lithium-ion batteries, might lead to laptop batteries capable of charging themselves in about a minute. The work appears in Nature1 this week.

Revolução em baterias de íons de lítio poderá permitir recargas em poucos segundos
MacMagazine — ... calculam os pesquisadores, poderá permitir que um litro de bateria baseado no material gere 25.000 watts — força suficiente para fazer 20 aspiradores de pó funcionarem simultaneamente. Como qualquer revolução, esta ainda está em fase embrionária e não deverá ser aplicada em produtos de massa tão cedo (no mínimo em três anos), até porque seu mecanismo não é compatível com a estrutura elétrica utilizada nos aparelhos que possuímos. Mas a gente chega lá. :-) [Via: Nature News.] ...

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