Cell Phones With Longer Battery Life: Korean Scientists Develop New Elastic Lithium-Ion Battery

The Battery Showed High Capacity of 5.05 mAh / cm2, Electrochemical Performance Superior by Up to 50% Compared to Conventional Cell Phone Batteries

Researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology developed a high-capacity lithium-ion battery that has a flexible enough structure to last longer during use, especially in cell phones.

• Equinor Has Strong Operational Performance but Suffers Losses Due to Low-Price Commodities
• Have Technical Training and Want to Work for One of the Largest Companies in the Country? Ambev Has Over 35 Job Openings for Technicians on This Day 06
• Offshore Multinational Opens Selection Process for Embarkation on FPSO with 28×28 Schedule

Schematic Diagram of the Manufacturing Process of the Expandable Battery. (Image courtesy of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology).

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

See also

• Lula says that the Brazilian naval industry will “thrash” China and Korea, while the government announces billions for barges, pushers, and a new hydro terminal in the Amazon.

  

• After nearly three decades and more than 1 million cars produced, Toyota will close the historic Indaiatuba plant on June 30 and concentrate Corolla production in Sorocaba, as part of an R$ 11 billion plan that heavily invests in flex hybrids and even an unprecedented pickup.

  

• The number of Brazilian meatpacking plants with suspended meat sales to China rises to five, after the Chinese blocked the JBS unit in Vilhena due to the presence of hormones in the shipments, adding extra pressure on the sector on the eve of the 2026 export quota being exhausted.

  

• How much does it cost to live with dignity in Brazil? A study found that in all 79 regions analyzed, the necessary salary was above the minimum of R$ 1,621. In São Paulo, a family of four needs R$ 6,155 per month.

  

In an article published in the journal ACS Nano, the scientists said they were able to make the honeycomb-shaped composite structure project inward using a radial compression process. This process resembles rolling Korean rice rolls, or gimbap, and resulted in the creation of elastic properties.

The structurally expandable electrode consists exclusively of electrode materials and was assembled with a stretchable gel electrolyte and a stretchable package. These elements block air and moisture and prevent the electrolytes from leaking.

According to the proponents, the resulting elastic battery showed high capacity of 5.05 mAh / cm2, superior electrochemical performance by up to 50% under repeated (up to 500) stretch-release cycles and long-term stability of 95.7% after 100 cycles in Air Conditions.

“The elastic lithium-ion battery developed through this research is expected to present a new paradigm in terms of elastic energy storage systems for the further development of electronic devices such as cell phones and other gadgets,” said Jeong Gon Son in a press statement.

In the researcher’s view, the rapidly growing market for high-performance wearable devices has increased the need for energy storage mechanisms to be designed in flexible and stretchable forms.