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New LTO Battery Enters the Market Offering Over 20 Thousand Charge Cycles and Thus Can Last More Than 100 Years and Charge 10 Times Faster.
There is a new battery on the market that can last up to 100 years, capable of charging 10 times faster than a Lifepo4 battery or lithium battery already present on the market and can be discharged at a rate 40 times its nominal capacity. It is the lithium titanate battery, better known as LTO technology. The new LTO battery has been available for purchase on AliExpress for some time.
From its name, it is possible to see that this new battery with LTO technology contains titanium in its composition, which directly impacts the price of this type of cell, being one of the factors that prevents its mass usage in both solar energy and other areas.
This is a cell that promises over 20,000 charge and discharge cycles. Thus, if you take that number of 20,000 charge and discharge cycles and divide it by 365 days, you already get 54 years of use from this new LTO battery.
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Price of the New LTO Battery May Hinder Its Implementation
If you do this every other day, you can easily exceed 100 years of use from this type of cell. Now, a disadvantage apart from the price is its energy density.
Compared to cells already used in the off-grid solar energy system and in other applications such as Lifepo4 batteries, sodium batteries, or common lithium-ion batteries, this new LTO technology falls behind in this regard.
Advantages of the New LTO Technology
In a traditional lithium battery, there is a capacity, voltage, and potential difference of 3.7 V per cell, in Lifepo4 batteries, this energy density has already decreased to 3.2 V per cell, in salt sodium batteries it has dropped to about 3V per cell, and finally, in LTO technology, it reaches 2.4 and even 2.3 V per cell.
If a user charges a lithium-ion battery, for example, at 10 A/Hour, with the LTO battery you can perform the same charge with a current 10 times greater than the nominal capacity, which would be around 100 A/Hour. For comparison, some batteries like those of lithium could charge once the capacity of this cell.
In Lifepo4, for charging, it is necessary to use half C, the maximum and sometimes 0.3c is recommended, thus a 100A Lifepo4 cell is indicated to charge at 50A for fast, safe, and stable charging for long-lasting 0.33. Thus, we have a high capacity for both charging and discharging in LTO technology.
Other Technologies Coming to Industry Soon
The LTO technology consists of mega cells that are used in robotics and some vehicles; however, the very high cost prevents widespread access to this technology. While prices do not decrease, companies worldwide are seeking new methods to produce new batteries.
Among these companies is StoreDot, an Israeli company that specializes in battery development and has managed to create fast-charging cells that support over 1,100 cycles with health in the range of 80%, meeting current industry standards.
The cells use a new technology called 100in4 with 340 Wh/kg of energy density. The name means 100 in 4, that is, the battery recovers 100 miles in just 4 minutes of fast charging. The expectation is that the battery will be ready for mass production by 2026.
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