New technology helps double smartphone battery capacity

A battery with higher capacity but similar size to lithium-ion will be put into phones as early as 2017.

The new lithium-metal technology is considered a breakthrough, helping batteries contain twice as many ions as lithium-ion. Thanks to that, manufacturers can produce phone models with long battery life, or launch super-thin smartphones while still ensuring battery life similar to products currently on the market.

This technology was developed by SolidEnergy Systems, a company of the MIT Institute of Technology (USA), and is expected to be put into smartphones, electric cars, and wearable devices in the next few months. The company is taking the final steps to complete the copyright confirmation procedure.

"The lithium-metal solution allows us to produce batteries that are half the size of today's while maintaining the same battery life," said Qichao Hu, director of SolidEnergy.

2017 iPhone could have twice the battery life if it adopts lithium-metal.

Battery is always one of the first criteria users consider when choosing to buy a smartphone. Although smartphones are constantly improved, adding many attractive features over the years, the battery is still a headache. Battery technology has remained almost unchanged for a long time. Therefore, manufacturers can only extend battery life with software solutions such as switching the screen to black and white mode to save battery, integrating low-power consumption processors...

According to VNE