New generation of batteries that charges in couple of minutes and has a life a span of 20 years

recently i covered a story of a battery that charges in under a minute, so one again the researchers of nanyang technology university has developed a battery that charges in couple of minutes and has a life cycle of 20 years which is way more than any tradition lithium-ion battery.

This breakthrough has a wide-ranging impact on all industries, especially for electric vehicles, where consumers are put off by the long recharge times and its limited battery life.With this new technology by NTU, drivers of electric vehicles could save tens of thousands on battery replacement costs and can recharge their cars in just a matter of minutes.

Commonly used in mobile phones, tablets, and in electric vehicles, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries usually last about 500 recharge cycles. This is equivalent to two to three years of typical use, with each cycle taking about two hours for the battery to be fully charged.In the new NTU-developed battery, the traditional graphite used for the anode (negative pole) in lithium-ion batteries is replaced with a new gel material made from titanium dioxide.

Titanium dioxide is an abundant, cheap and safe material found in soil. It is commonly used as a food additive or in sunscreen lotions to absorb harmful ultraviolet rays.Naturally found in spherical shape, the NTU team has found a way to transform the titanium dioxide into tiny nanotubes, which is a thousand times thinner than the diameter of a human hair. This speeds up the chemical reactions taking place in the new battery, allowing for superfast charging. 

as we all know that battery backup of majority of smartphones is a major drawback, may be its the new iphone 6 or samsung's note4, all of these phones suffer from low backup issues, so i think these kind of technological breakthrough is going to revolutionize the mobile industry as well as electric vehicles. so let see when we will be able see this kind of technology in our hands and please do pour your thought about this technology in the comment section below.