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Batteries pack – technology surges ahead

The convenience and portability of a lithium-ion batteries pack is the main reason that many electronic consumer goods use this advanced battery technology.

With the number of electronic gadgets that are commonplace in our lives today, all of us know that running out of power is frustrating. However, recent technological advances could mean that batteries packs such as cell phone batteries, camcorder batteries, laptop batteries, drill batteries and mobile phone batteries will charge faster and last longer.

The latest breed of batteries packs aim to make life a little easier.

Batteries pack research

A computer simulation, which models the movements of ions and electrons in a batteries pack using lithium iron phosphate instead of the standard lithium material, was used recently to test the effectiveness of types of batteries packs.

The research took place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), under Professor Gerbrand Ceder.

Lithium iron phosphate doesn’t suffer from overheating in the same way as the lithium and cobalt used in most commercial batteries. Heat issues are one of the main issues affecting computer batteries and other common consumer batteries packs.

Many commercial batteries pack in a material made up of lithium and cobalt, but with lithium iron phosphate proving to be more effective at maintaining low temperatures it could be more prevalent in a batteries pack in future.

Until now, the assumption was that there was a speed limit on the lithium ions and electrons passing through the batteries pack. The MIT research revealed that the problem with traditional lithium-ion batteries packs turned out to be the way ions passed through the material, not the speed.

The solution is to engineer the components of the batteries pack in such a way that there is a so-called "beltway" guiding the ions through the material.

Lithium batteries pack more electronic punch than other forms of batteries for their size, and are popular due to their convenience and ease of charging.