It is true that this is not the first time that we have talked about a team of scientists and researchers who have been working to achieve that, thanks to graphene, both the power and the charging speed of conventional batteries are improved. Such is the case that even It is not the first time we have talked about a paper who promises to have achieved this milestone.
Unfortunately and after a long time of waiting, it seems that at the moment graphene offers us many promises but all of them in the very long term or simply very difficult to bring to life. At least until now, since just a few weeks ago a document created by a group of researchers was presented that promises to have managed to take a step in a direction hitherto unexplored by the community.
Samsung has been very involved in the development of this project
As a detail, tell you before continuing, that this work has been financed by one of the largest battery manufacturers in the world, such as Samsung, a company that knows very well the benefits of investing substantial amounts of money in research and development and that promises to have managed to develop a methodology that could revolutionize the world of batteries in the medium term.
Going into a little more detail, tell you that the paper announces that a group of researchers from the company has managed to develop what they have called 'graphene ball', a material with which you can earn up to 45% in capacity at the same time that it is achieved five times the battery charging speed that we commonly use, that is, the lithium-ion ones.
It is expected that this new technology can be used in the medium term in the development of a new generation of batteries.
As for the technology itself, the team of researchers has been working on a very revolutionary way of using graphene, that is, they have worked on creating a very complex and optimized structure which has resulted in a graphene ball-shaped battery that only takes 12 minutes to be fully charged. Another very important point would have been achieved by increasing the life of the battery itself, something that many users will surely appreciate.
Another very novel way of being able to apply the results obtained in this study to the batteries that we find today on the market may be to combine them with Graphene synthesized in a 3D shape very similar to that of a popcorn. This kind of ball is finally used as a protective layer for both the anode and the cathode of the batteries. Based on the statements made by They are In-hyuk, one of the people in charge of this project:
The research allows to synthesize graphene at an affordable price, while improving the capabilities of lithium batteries in a context where their demand for smartphones and electric vehicles is advancing at a very fast pace.
For Samsung, the development of lithium batteries has reached its limit
The bad news is that, as I said before at the moment there is still a long time until this technology reaches the market Even so, the Korean company hopes that this technology can mean that in the short or medium term, graphene can finally be used in the manufacture of batteries for both mobile devices and electric cars.
Once the results of the work carried out by this group of researchers have been known, Samsung assures that they have put their battery division to work to ensure that a technology as groundbreaking as this is not just a research work but can get to market. As a detail, tell you that the Korean company itself ensures that lithium batteries no longer give more of themselvesIn other words, neither its capacity can grow more in terms of density nor can its loading speed be higher.