A researcher from UC Irvine in California has made a breakthrough in battery research using nano wires, that can potentially change how we build batteries for devices that depends on them. The new technology combines nanowires—filaments thousands of times thinner than a human hair – with different alloys to create new batteries that can last for longer, and keep charges for longer periods of time too.
How does this research benefit users? The new battery can potentially mean longer lasting batteries per charge. The researcher, a PHD candidate named Mya Le Thai, discovered that when she coated a gold nanowire in a manganese dioxide shell and encased the whole thing in a Plexiglas-like gel electrolyte, the battery can last over 200,000 charge/discharge cycle and there are no noticeable loss of power retention.
This technology is still in the research phase, but it may result in batteries that can have a denser power capacity for both smartphones and cameras.
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